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something that is of low quality but that many people find amusing and enjoyable
The restaurant is decorated with 1950s furniture and kitsch from old TV shows.
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Recent Examples of kitsch
Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
Touches of Midcentury Modern kitsch, especially a starburst clock on the restaurant’s roadside sign, marks its place along Route 66.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Riza Cruz, Vogue, 11 May 2026
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Noun
The Kardashians are hyperreal and fantastical, aspirational and kitsch.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
Touches of Midcentury Modern kitsch, especially a starburst clock on the restaurant’s roadside sign, marks its place along Route 66.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Adjective
The Formica interior is from the 1960s and is wonderfully kitsch, perfect for that Insta photo.
—Riza Cruz, Vogue, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kitsch
Noun
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Some people are still be able to consume dairy products from these animals, including milk, cheese and butter.—
Matthew Perrone,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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The facility has since agreed to initiate a voluntary recall of all of its cheese products, according to the Maryland Department of Health.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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From a folkloric skirt repurposed from Bulgarian tablecloths to so-kitschy-they’re-cute Lovers rings, everything in the mix is sure to add a playful twist to your look.—
Anny Choi,
Vogue,
9 June 2026
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In an expert parody of early white-guy rap and kitschy appreciation of same, Mooney and Bennett play a couple of goofballs rap-narrating their trip to a burger place.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Doremus Avenue and the warehouses and tank farms and truck lots and junk yards along it are not far from the Passaic River.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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The bad news is that the Zhuque-2E’s breakup is the latest chapter in China’s growing contribution to the space junk problem.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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Divine is a garish spectacle in all the best ways.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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Her music owned up to being horny, garish, and superficial, but could scan as thin or cheap when held up to other kinds of ethical or political scrutiny.—
Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
2 June 2026
Noun
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So where does the rubbish come from?—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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With no petrol to run dustbin trucks, rubbish is being burnt in the streets.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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The fabled East Wing is gone, the Rose Garden has been paved over for a gaudy, Mar-a-Lago-like patio, and now there’s a mixed martial arts cage on the South Lawn.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
10 June 2026
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Thanks to gaudy numbers, the South Carolina recruit rarely sees a lot of pitches to hit.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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However, the building is now vacant and has become an eyesore and a safety concern, attracting trash, rodents and even squatters.—
Raymond Strickland,
CBS News,
11 Dec. 2025
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In states like Montana and Colorado, residents install bear-resistant dumpsters and trash bins.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
11 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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For those who know the play well, some of Mantello’s choices are most striking, especially the horror here of the famous hotel-room scene with a tawdry lover (brutally played by Katherine Romans), an act born of loneliness that destroys a father’s relationship with his son forever.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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And there’s something offensively tawdry that all of this is in mere service of extracting rent.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Kitsch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitsch. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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