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Adjective: kitschy (kitschier,kitschiest)  kit-chee
  1. Effusively or insincerely emotional
    "a kitschy novel";
    - bathetic, drippy, hokey [N. Amer], maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy, gooey, cutesy, cheesy, sappy [N. Amer]
     
  2. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar
    - ostentatious, pretentious, kitsch

Derived forms: kitschier, kitschiest

See also: cornball [N. Amer], emotional, lovey-dovey, tasteless

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