Explore Campy through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like camp or tasteless. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Campy meaning
Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
Using Campy
- The main meaning on this page is: Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
- Useful related words include: camp, tasteless.
- In the example corpus, campy often appears in combinations such as: campy and, the campy, and campy.
Context around Campy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Campy
- In this selection, "campy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, perfectly, something, unintentionally, film, original and movies stand out and add context to how "campy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a campy film needs and and his campy wickedness frank. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "campy" sits close to words such as aadmi, aang and ably, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with campy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Like the cartoon that inspired it, is a campy ride. (10 words)
It's fun and campy, with interesting kills (and some really poor acting). (13 words)
A campy film needs to suspend its dignity for the sake of sincerity and true comedy. (16 words)
The three-year relationship that spawned out of between McGowan and Rodriguez eventually came to an end only one month after the filming of Rodriguez's in which McGowan's campy assassin character was subsequently cut from the film entirely. (40 words)
They perform gendered extremes and in-betweens in the most exaggerated and captivating ways possible—think Ursula’s smoky eye and devious body language, HIM and his campy wickedness, Frank-N-Furter’s, well, everything, and so on. (38 words)
Between the campy original 2000s adaptations of the characters and the upcoming MCU rendition of the characters, will continue to be the disappointing worst rendition of the characters, only to be remembered for all the wrong reasons. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
A campy film needs to suspend its dignity for the sake of sincerity and true comedy.
As one could expect from the era, The Adventures of Batman as a campy and light-hearted take on the Dynamic Duo and features all The Dark Knight's classic rogues.
Between the campy original 2000s adaptations of the characters and the upcoming MCU rendition of the characters, will continue to be the disappointing worst rendition of the characters, only to be remembered for all the wrong reasons.
However, campy movies are among the most entertaining and unique pictures in the business, and audiences will surely have a great time with them.
It knows it’s a horror movie, and it leans into that, but it also knows it’s a campy slasher people are watching for fun.
It's fun and campy, with interesting kills (and some really poor acting).
Jude Law makes for a decidedly mopey Captain Hook, drained of his campy villainy in favor of a tragic backstory to explain why he’s so mean.
Like the cartoon that inspired it, is a campy ride.
Meanwhile, M3GAN -- another campy killer with the makings of a horror icon -- was beloved even before the film was available to the public.
Started in 2019, the festival of low-budget and campy films returns to the Apohadion this week.
The movie has such a campy and sinister feel to it from start to finish especially given that you don't really know what's going to happen at any point in the movie.
The performances are perfectly campy, though they work better for those with a bit of nostalgia.
There something campy about the movie, I thought, which spawned an early meme at the same time it was becoming a cultural touchstone and, according to Entertainment Weekly, helped launch hater culture.
The three-year relationship that spawned out of between McGowan and Rodriguez eventually came to an end only one month after the filming of Rodriguez's in which McGowan's campy assassin character was subsequently cut from the film entirely.
The way Elwes crumples under the blow feels in line with the campy tone of the wider film, making the mistake a welcome addition to a classic movie.
They perform gendered extremes and in-betweens in the most exaggerated and captivating ways possible—think Ursula’s smoky eye and devious body language, HIM and his campy wickedness, Frank-N-Furter’s, well, everything, and so on.
Batman: The Animated Series revolutionized superhero shows, moving away from the campy style of with a dark, film noir aesthetic and focusing on drama and character more than action.
Best place to start, if you have tolerance for bad CGI and campy acting: Season 1 with Ecclestone.
During the first showing of Batman on-screen, Adam West's rendition was nothing short of campy fun.
I guess it has unintentionally campy and funny moments, but this audience seemed to laugh at a lot of it.
Common combinations with campy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- campy and 7×
- the campy 6×
- and campy 6×
- is campy 4×
- as campy 3×
- it campy 3×
- campy as 3×
- campy but 3×
- campy film 2×
- campy with 2×