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Recent Examples of kitschy
Read on for 13 kitschy craft ideas that will add nostalgia and quirky fun to your home decor.
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2025
This bohemian bedding translates personality without becoming kitschy or distracting.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2025
In 2023, Rhode’s Motor Lodge awakened from its kitschy slumber, its mid-century charm restored.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Eichler is working on adding vintage decor and design touches to the space to infuse a bit of the retro, kitschy feel of its original location.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
An Oscar, a Grammy, and an MTV Video Music Award are positioned unobtrusively among kitschy treasures like an ancient can of macadamia nuts with Spam and a cassette of a speech by Bob Dole.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
While some appreciate the changes, others criticize the loss of the traditional, kitschy aesthetic.
—Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Although officially decommissioned in 1985, the route remains a popular pilgrimage for road-trippers seeking a healthy dose of nostalgic Americana, from kitschy roadside attractions to midcentury-chic motels to dramatic landscapes across thousands of miles.
—Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Aug. 2025
Michigan's roadsides are filled with interesting, unique, even kitschy places to stop while traveling this summer.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2025
This bohemian bedding translates personality without becoming kitschy or distracting.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2025
In 2023, Rhode’s Motor Lodge awakened from its kitschy slumber, its mid-century charm restored.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Eichler is working on adding vintage decor and design touches to the space to infuse a bit of the retro, kitschy feel of its original location.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
An Oscar, a Grammy, and an MTV Video Music Award are positioned unobtrusively among kitschy treasures like an ancient can of macadamia nuts with Spam and a cassette of a speech by Bob Dole.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
While some appreciate the changes, others criticize the loss of the traditional, kitschy aesthetic.
—Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Although officially decommissioned in 1985, the route remains a popular pilgrimage for road-trippers seeking a healthy dose of nostalgic Americana, from kitschy roadside attractions to midcentury-chic motels to dramatic landscapes across thousands of miles.
—Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Aug. 2025
Michigan's roadsides are filled with interesting, unique, even kitschy places to stop while traveling this summer.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kitschy
Adjective
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That gaudy slash line is almost solely responsible for Alcántara being the September call-up over top outfield prospect Owen Caissie.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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In many of these suburbs, the prevalence of tearing down perfectly sound old single-family homes in order to build often-gaudy new structures has led to proposals to incentivize keeping more of the old housing stock, using tax breaks and other means.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In the nightmare scenes, her makeup takes on a more garish tone, able to imprint an image with the audience, who only sees her for a fraction of a second.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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In the Kurosawa version, the characters see the house on the hill as garish.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Some of the settings are extremely well chosen and designed, particularly the tawdry Taco Hut law offices (in contrast to the chic modernity of the Tinsley Britt workplace) and a dingy seaside diner where people keep having meetings.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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Instead, the aspiring influencer and her royal husband are being dragged into the latest tawdry, scandalous mess involving Harry’s dissolute uncle, Prince Andrew, thanks to a new new biography about the disgraced Duke of York.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But the showy structure overwhelms the unshowy story.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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The showy white flowers attract a variety of pollinators and other beneficial insects in July and August.—
Special to The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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That might seem a bit flippant, but LIHTC projects are glitzy, new, and often incorporate all sorts of bells and whistles.—
Roger Valdez,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Hours after the Apple TV+ series tied the record for the most Emmy Award nominations for a comedy series, Rogen confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the team had zeroed in on other glitzy affairs to serve as episode backdrops for the upcoming second season that is currently being shaped.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The trailer showcases tons of undead violence, dismembered limbs and the official Marvel debut of Blade Knight, a Moon Knight and Blade variant who slices up an undead Ghost from the Thunderbolts in a flashy display of swordsmanship.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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Key Facts Almost every top tennis player has a contract with one luxury watch brand or another—Rolex sponsors three of the top five women’s players, four of the top five men and the tournament itself—and brands gift some of their flashiest pieces to players to wear on and off the court.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Overblown, ostentatious hybrids of classical and local styles, kitschily ornamented with classical detail, all on a scale meant to be overwhelming rather than inviting—that’s what Big Brother’s city hall always looks like.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Now, the Chinese leader is set to exhibit a very different image with an ostentatious show of military might.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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So ranked-choice voting was implemented as a stop-loss remedy — a move to camouflage the practices of an industry devoted to meretricious, often nihilistic entertainments.—
Armond White,
National Review,
27 June 2025
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These meretricious narratives play well throughout the Global South.—
Michael Miklaucic,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Kitschy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitschy. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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