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campy
adjective as in absurd
adjective as in affected
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adjective as in amusing
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adjective as in droll
adjective as in farcical
adjective as in humorous
adjective as in jocular
adjective as in la-di-da
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- apish
- artificial
- assumed
- awkward
- chichi
- conceited
- contrived
- counterfeit
- counterfeited
- faked
- false
- feigned
- fraud
- gone Hollywood
- ham
- hammy
- highfalutin
- hollow
- imitated
- insincere
- mannered
- melodramatic
- ostentatious
- overdone
- pedantic
- phony
- playacting
- pompous
- precious
- pretended
- pretentious
- put on
- schmaltzy
- self-conscious
- shallow
- sham
- simulated
- spurious
- stiff
- stilted
- studied
- superficial
- theatrical
- unnatural
adjective as in laughable
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adjective as in laughing
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adjective as in mannered
adjective as in theatrical
adjective as in witty
Example Sentences
“The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show” promises to combat the world’s devastation with campy magic and mirth that only a queer interpretation of Christmas can provide.
Life Day has its roots in the beloved but campy and culturally questionable “Star Wars Holiday Special” as an event that originated on the Wookie home planet of Kashyyyk.
It’s campy, it’s cheesy, it’s way more fun than you expect it to be, but there’s a knowingness to the whole endeavor.
Visually, it is melodramatic, almost campy, resembling a TV promotion.
The stories move fast, and some of the acting and plots can be both campy and racy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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