kitsch (redirected from kitschiness)

kitsch  (kch)

n.

1. Sentimentality or vulgar, often pretentious bad taste, especially in the arts: "When money tries to buy beauty it tends to purchase a kind of courteous kitsch" (William H. Gass).

2. An example or examples of kitsch.

adj.

Of, being, or characterized by kitsch: "The kitsch kitchen ... has aqua-and-white gingham curtains and rubber duck-yellow walls painted in a fried-egg motif" (Suzanne Cassidy).

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[German, probably of dialectal origin.]

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kitschi·fy v.

kitschy adj.

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kitsch

Noun

tawdry or sentimental art or literature [from German]

kitschy adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

kitsch - excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste art, fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"