campy
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8.6
- adjective
- /ˈkæm.pi/
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camp
- When you first watch Star Trek, it's this campy sci-fi show that occasionally takes some not-so-subtle potshots at religion.
- campy songs
- campy and funny
- campy community
There's something deeply camp, deeply campy about Busby Berkeley's choreography.
- There's something deeply camp, deeply campy about Busby Berkeley's choreography.
- I wanted to write like a fun, like quotable, like campy, sexy, you know, horror movie.
- So because I knew that, I played it a bit campy again with Blue Velvet as an inspiration.
- Angel may be a bit too campy, but like some kind of supernatural thing.
- Like, really great gory stuff, Campy, you know.
- He's like a rough bricky, you know, I mean, not just campy burglar.
- It's like a really campy, bizarre theatre production which involved where the audience gets involved and it's a bit rowdy and it's a bit shit.
Examples
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"Since the show is campy and broad, you have more room to play it campier."
Blog text (21) -
You remember those little shops with their flimsy T-shirts, their campy postcards, and their overpriced souvenirs.
Fiction book (2002) -
It's just, it's just a fun, campy little story.
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It's something we look back on now as a bit of sort of campy fun.
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As I watched, I could not help but laugh at the film's campy quality and poor acting.
Blog text (26) -
His look needs a theme, something campy like "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."
Blog text (4) -
Sort of a campy deal, like The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Fiction book (1993) -
But then Roddenberry's campy little show goes so much farther.
Academic text (2009) -
There's something deeply camp, deeply campy about Busby Berkeley's choreography.
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The movie was a campy homage to the horror genre, filled with exaggerated performances and cheesy dialogue.
Synonyms
56
4.6
Feels too sentimental and silly, like a movie or card
8
8.2
Too sentimental or brightly decorated and not in good taste
3
7.0
Looking like a costume and too theatrical for everyday wear
1
8.7
Not natural and overly dramatic, like acting in a play
1
8.1
Being too dramatic and not natural, like acting on a stage
Exaggerated and showy on purpose to be playful or funny
Showing loud, dramatic behaviour that seems fake
Antonyms
How Theatrical
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word campy comes from the older word camp, which once meant to 'pose' or act in a showy, exaggerated way and likely came into English from a French expression. So, something campy is deliberately over-the-top and theatrical to get attention or make people laugh.