TACKINESS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

tackiness

noun

Definition of tackiness

as in kitsch

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Recent Examples of tackiness The tackiness, the sticky folding chairs, the ugly basketball arena aesthetic. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 Beyond its sheer tackiness, the event was saturated in conflicts of interest. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026 And because much of the year in Japan is hot and humid, these formulas are often exceptionally lightweight, melting seamlessly into skin without leaving behind the tackiness or chalkiness associated with traditional SPF. — Iman Balagam, Vogue, 5 June 2026 Sometimes lemon bars can have a heavy sort of tackiness to them. — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tackiness

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Noun

One of us would be chosen to recite the poem onstage—a kitsch performance, no doubt, so that an auditorium of adults would be moved to tears.

— Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
Keeping with fashion’s theatrics and its own brand of kitsch, Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli introduced the brand’s now-iconic nylon luggage and small-leather-goods line in New York through a one-night-only event.

— Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of kitsch

Noun

In a variation on her character from Parasite, Cho deftly underplays Yi-je’s insensitivity as another woman projecting a blithe lack of awareness of her privilege.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
Sherman is known to savage, with unglamorous insensitivity, the vaunted creative directors of the great houses.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of insensitivity

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