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  • adjective Having the nature of kitsch.

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  • adjective effusively or insincerely emotional

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kitsch +‎ -y

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  • The trees are wretched splinter-sculptures and the strip malls are alive with kitschy holiday heraldry.

    K. Silem Mohammad, lime tree

    December 21, 2006