kitsch

English · Español · Français · Deutsch · Italiano · Português · Română · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

kitsch

  • /ˈkiʧ/

Where it comes from

Dal tedesco Kitsch che a sua volta deriva dal verbo colloquiale kitschen macchiare

adjective

  1. pejorative, slang che rivela eccesso di sfarzo e pessimo gusto

Similar: cafone, di cattivo gusto, ., pretenzioso, pacchiano, cafoneria, cattivo gusto, pacchianeria, pretenziosità · Opposite: di buon gusto, elegante, fine, raffinato, buon gusto, eleganza, finezza, raffinatezza

Thesaurus

In English

  • kitsch art of questionable artistic value
  • kitschy having the nature of kitsch

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"kitsch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/it/kitsch. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

kitsch. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/it/kitsch

Chicago

"kitsch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/it/kitsch.

BibTeX
@misc{kitsch_2026,
  title = {kitsch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/it/kitsch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}