artsy-craftsy

1. 1.

   pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming

   Synonymsarty-crafty

   Similarpretentious

Questions about artsy-craftsy

What does artsy-craftsy mean?

artsy-craftsy means "pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming".

How many syllables are in artsy-craftsy?

artsy-craftsy has 4 syllables: art-sy--craft-sy. The stress falls on "sy-".

What is another word for artsy-craftsy?

Close synonyms include arty-crafty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is artsy-craftsy a common word?

artsy-craftsy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.