kitsch
Plural: kitsches
Noun
- Art or objects considered to be in poor taste but appealing.
- excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste
- Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.
Adj
- Of art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
Examples
- His elaborate, but low-scoring, word felt like pure kitsch on the Scrabble board.
Origin / Etymology
From German Kitsch, from dialectal kitschen (“to coat, to smear”); the word and concept were popularized in the 1930s by several critics who contrasted it with avant garde art.
Scrabble Score: 15
kitsch: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordkitsch: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
kitsch: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
kitsch: valid Words With Friends Word