kitschy

Other forms of kitschy

comparative

kitschier·

superlative

kitschiest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kitschy

What does kitschy mean?

kitschy means "effusively or insincerely emotional".

How many syllables are in kitschy?

kitschy has 2 syllables: kit-schy. The stress falls on "kit".

What is another word for kitschy?

Close synonyms include bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish. 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 kitschy a common word?

kitschy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.