Local English word record

camp

adjective · 12 senses

providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities

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Examples

  • they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect
  • campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's

Word relationships

Synonyms

campy

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