Word Games Pro Dictionary
campy
adjective
providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 5
- Starts with
- C
- Ends with
- Y
- Contains
- AMP
- Scrabble score
- 14
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
“they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect”
In context
Example Sentences
they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect
campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's
Similar words