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camp adjective

camp

The adjective form of camp is campy

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Definitions

  • adjective camp If you describe someone's behaviour, performance, or style of dress as camp, you mean that it is exaggerated and amusing, often in a way that is thought to be typical of some male homosexuals. 3
  • adjective camp Camp is also a noun. 3
  • adjective camp effeminate; affected in mannerisms, dress, etc 3
  • adjective camp homosexual 3
  • adjective camp consciously artificial, exaggerated, vulgar, or mannered; self-parodying, esp when in dubious taste 3
  • adjective camp characterized by camp (sense 6) 3
  • adjective camp man: effeminate 1
  • adjective camp performance: affected, theatrical 1
  • adjective camp campy: camp Hollywood musicals of the 1940s. 1
  • adjective camp Of or related to a camp. 0
  • adjective camp Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures. 0
  • adjective camp (of a man) Ostentatiously effeminate. 0
  • adjective camp Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying. 0
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