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Synonyms of kitsch
(Entry 1 of 2)
- The restaurant is decorated with 1950s furniture and kitsch from old TV shows.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for kitsch
kitsch
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of kitsch (Entry 2 of 2)
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for kitsch
- brummagem,
- flashy,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- glitzy,
- kitschy,
- meretricious,
- ostentatious,
- showy,
- splashy,
- swank
- (or swanky),
- tawdry
- bad,
- bargain-basement,
- bum,
- cheap,
- cheapjack,
- cheesy,
- coarse,
- common,
- crappy
- [slang],
- cut-rate,
- el cheapo,
- execrable,
- gimcrack,
- inferior,
- junky,
- lousy,
- low-grade,
- low-rent,
- mediocre,
- miserable,
- poor,
- rotten,
- rubbishy,
- schlock
- (or schlocky also shlock or shlocky),
- second-rate,
- shoddy,
- sleazy,
- terrible,
- trashy,
- trumpery,
- wretched
- counterfeit,
- fake,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- sham
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“Kitsch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitsch. Accessed 18 May. 2022.
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