campiest
Maximally over-the-top
Campiest is the superlative of campy—the most exaggerated, theatrical, or deliberately over-the-top in style.
Camp celebrates artifice and irony, often embracing what's so bad it's good: That drag show was the campiest thing I've ever seen.
The campiest performances lean hardest into flamboyance and knowing excess.
Excessive in degree
- hyperbolicExaggerated beyond reason
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
grandiose · effusive · embellished · extravagant · overwrought · overstated · melodramatic · showy
Vulgar or slightly sticky
- cheesyCheap and insincere
- schlockyCheap and shoddy
- tawdryCheaply ornate and vulgar
- retroEvoking recent past
novelty · kitsch · B-movie · cult · low-budget · trashy · pulpy · cheap
Sensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- dragResistance through fluid
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- pantomimeDrama through gesture alone
cabaret · diva · showmanship · performance · spectacle · costume · scenery-chewing · hamming
overdone
Excessive in degree
- hyperbolicExaggerated beyond reason
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
ostentatious · grandiose · effusive · embellished · extravagant · overwrought · overstated · melodramatic · showy · gaudy
tacky
Vulgar or slightly sticky
retro · novelty · kitsch · B-movie · cult · low-budget · trashy · pulpy · cheap · plastic
melodrama
Sensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- dragResistance through fluid
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
pantomime · cabaret · diva · showmanship · performance · spectacle · costume · scenery-chewing · hamming · posturing
parody
Satirical imitation
- satireMockery exposing vice
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- self-awareConscious of own existence
tongue-in-cheek · send-up · spoof · mockery · wit · silliness · farce · absurdist · knowing · winking