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单词 campy
释义

campy

adjective

ˈkam-pē How to pronounce campy (audio)
campier; campiest
: in the style of camp : absurdly exaggerated, artificial, or affected in a usually humorous way
campy horror movies
campy humor
Witnessing their synchronized routine, he almost expects them to break into some campy chorus line from one of the seedier nightclubs. Margaret Atwood
He could modify his outbursts into what were sometimes hilariously campy performances. Robert Gray
campily
ˈkam-pə-lē How to pronounce campy (audio)
adverb
The new film promises to be as campily outrageous as its predecessors. John Stark
… the Addams Family, the campily macabre clan created by the late cartoonist Charles Addams … Margot Dougherty
campiness
ˈkam-pē-nəs How to pronounce campy (audio)
noun
… hoped to take Rocketeer to a much higher level of sophistication and avoid the campiness of some of the more recent comics-inspired films. Ron Magid
… a power-mad despot, played with exhilarating campiness by John Malkovich. Steven Rebello

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Grease was the sort of film — unapologetically nostalgic and campy — that critics tend to deprecate, and many of them savaged it. Charles Hirshberg, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022 Johnson worked in another sort of outsider vernacular—at once banal, vulgar, campy, and deeply sophisticated. Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 Capturing their life within this room and the beautiful landscape surrounding their ramshackle home, the resulting piece is beautiful and funny thanks to Big and Little Edie’s iconic campy style, but also tragic. Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 24 Aug. 2022 While each queen in the book differs greatly in style—from Collette LaGrande’s Old Hollywood glamour to Hot Chocolate’s campy wears—the duo says they were all united by one mission: To disrupt. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 May 2022 Raimi is well known for delightful and hilariously campy horror movies like The Evil Dead series, eventually returning to the style with 2009's underrated Drag Me To Hell. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 3 May 2022 As a sleepaway screamer, 1984 is delightfully campy (pun probably intended by the show's powers that be). Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 20 July 2022 That’s until, of course, Belair came off as the unanimous babyface during this promo exchange with a great—though, at times campy—promo. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 19 July 2022 His designs can be elegant or campy; his aesthetic is jubilant. Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

campy

adjective

1
as in foppish

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • foppish
  • camp
  • sappy
  • dandyish
  • prissy
  • feminine
  • girlish
  • girlie
  • spinsterish
  • effeminate
  • girly
  • womanly
  • dudish
  • overnice
  • antimacho
  • unmanly
  • epicene
  • womanlike
  • sissy
  • sissified
  • old-maidish
  • womanish
  • effete

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • masculine
  • manly
  • virile
  • mannish
  • manlike
2
as in jokey

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • jokey
  • playful
  • whimsical
  • witty
  • jocular
  • wry
  • joky
  • waggish
  • flippant
  • zany
  • slapstick
  • clownish
  • jovial
  • gleeful
  • mirthful
  • facetious
  • slapsticky
  • jocose
  • jolly
  • merry
  • amusing
  • comedic
  • entertaining
  • knockabout
  • flip
  • rich
  • comical
  • laughing
  • blithesome
  • priceless
  • droll
  • humorous
  • smart-alecky
  • hilarious
  • jocund
  • comic
  • ridiculous
  • funny
  • pert
  • farcical
  • mad
  • ludicrous
  • smart-aleck
  • antic
  • diverting
  • laughable
  • hysterical
  • smart
  • riotous
  • snickery
  • uproarious
  • risible
  • chucklesome
  • humoristic
  • sidesplitting
  • killing
  • hysteric
  • screaming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • lame
  • unfunny
  • humorless
  • unamusing
  • serious
  • somber
  • solemn
  • sombre
  • earnest
  • staid
  • sedate
  • tragic
  • sober
  • severe
  • grave
  • poignant
  • unsmiling
  • weighty
  • uncomic
  • unhumorous
  • tragical
  • moving
  • unhysterical
  • touching
  • sad
  • mournful
  • sorrowful
  • no-nonsense
  • lachrymose
  • sobersided
  • affecting
  • woeful
  • tearful
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