artsy
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7.5
- adjective
- /ˈɑrtsi/
- Informal
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artistoide
- It was too artsy, too intellectual.
- too artsy
Because you get a bit bit artsy, fartsy, you do it, you get a bit museumy.
- Because you get a bit bit artsy, fartsy, you do it, you get a bit museumy.
- And this all sounds like such artsy nigga talk.
- She'd lost a battle with a, you know, some ants or something or, you know, you know, she tried to get artsy with a, with a group of Wasps and came in second place, you know.
- But there's there's just a part of it that feels too like bourgeois, an artsy, you know, like, let's not forget that the vast majority of the Stoics came from wealth.
Examples
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Dawn, forget about this lost artsy generation crap.
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I appreciate all the artsy-fartsy effort, but it's not my cup of tea.
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You were you were making an artsy statement, some would say.
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Man, I told you it was too artsy, bro.
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This was during his artsy phase, before he went back to using a tripod.
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I will admit that I was picky and did not like any of the artsy options out there.
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I have to tell you about this really artsy party... this French-Canadian girl in my acting class threw.
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I just don't feel drawn to literary or artsy guys, but maybe that's my old patterns.
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I think it may be more pretentious artsy indie films that Jesse doesn't like.
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The film was criticized for being overly artsy and difficult to understand.
Synonyms
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9.9
Trying to seem artistic in a showy, overdone way
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8.9
Trying to seem artistic in a way that feels false or silly
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7.9
Very showy and trying to seem clever so many people do not like it
Having exaggerated gestures and an unnatural style
Showing an expression that is not real
Something that looks artistic in a fake, too clever way to impress people
Trying to look artistic in a homemade arts and crafts style that looks a bit silly
Showing loud, dramatic behaviour that seems fake
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
Trying to look artistic in a homemade arts and crafts style that looks a bit silly
How Affected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Artsy comes from art and the casual ending -sy, so it means 'like art' or 'trying to seem artistic'. So when something is called artsy in this sense, people often mean it looks a bit forced or fake.