high camp

high camp
Synonyms and related words:
Babbittry, Thalia, arlequinade, bad taste, black comedy, bourgeois taste, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, camp, campiness, comedie bouffe, comedie larmoyante, comedie rosse, comedietta, comedy, comedy ballet, comedy of humors, comedy of ideas, comedy of intrigue, comedy of manners, comedy of situation, comedy relief, comic muse, comic opera, comic relief, dark comedy, domestic comedy, exode, farce, farce comedy, genteel comedy, harlequinade, impropriety, inappropriateness, indecency, indecorousness, indecorum, indelicacy, inelegance, inelegancy, kitsch, light comedy, low camp, low comedy, mime, musical, musical comedy, opera buffa, philistinism, poor taste, pop, pop culture, raw comedy, realistic comedy, romantic comedy, satyr play, sentimental comedy, situation comedy, slapstick, slapstick comedy, tastelessness, tragicomedy, unaestheticism, unaestheticness, unbecomingness, unfittingness, unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness, vulgar taste, vulgarism, vulgarity, vulgarness

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • high camp — see under ↑camp2 • • • Main Entry: ↑high …   Useful english dictionary

  • high camp — {n.}, {slang}, {show business} 1. Kitsch, or pretentious material in bad taste that is still liked by higher class audiences. * / The Potsdam Quartet is a play full of high camp./ 2. An exaggerated movie or theater scene that loses believability …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • high camp — {n.}, {slang}, {show business} 1. Kitsch, or pretentious material in bad taste that is still liked by higher class audiences. * / The Potsdam Quartet is a play full of high camp./ 2. An exaggerated movie or theater scene that loses believability …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • high\ camp — noun slang show business 1. Kitsch, or pretentious material in bad taste that is still liked by higher class audiences. The Potsdam Quartet is a play full of high camp. 2. An exaggerated movie or theater scene that loses believability. Scarecrow… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • High camp — Camp ist eine stilistisch überpointierte Art der Wahrnehmung von kulturellen Produkten aller Art (Film, Musik, Literatur, Bildende Kunst, Mode, Schminke etc.), die am Künstlichen und der Übertreibung orientiert ist; oft gehören die als „campy“… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • high-camp — /haɪ ˈkæmp / (say huy kamp) adjective exaggeratedly camp in style, behaviour, etc. {high + camp2} …  

  • High camp — extremely camp; over the top; outrageous …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • high camp — Australian Slang extremely camp; over the top; outrageous …   English dialects glossary

  • high camp —  n. Display (usu. artistic) of highly exaggerated nature.  See camp …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • high — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a of great vertical extent (a high building). b (predic.; often in comb.) of a specified height (one inch high; water was waist high). 2 a far above ground or sea level etc. (a high altitude). b inland, esp. when raised… …   Useful english dictionary

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