gimmicked (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimmicked (up)
Adjective
  • The moment feels false and overwrought in a movie that otherwise is a model of restraint.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
  • For some readers, such accolades read as insincere or overwrought.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Men’s fashion week has long been considered the quieter, less showy sibling of the long-standing women’s event.
    Joy Montgomery, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Advertisement The fate of the nearby Bruin, which opened in 1937, remains unclear; it was not purchased along with its more showy sibling.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2024
Adjective
  • But that didn’t stop people from falling in love with the exuberant, stylish, flawed Jag.
    Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
  • An exuberant young male, with small scars of missing whiskers looking so much like adolescent acne on his face-forward personality, began his investigation slowly.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This fresh, modern reimagining of Ang Lee’s 1993 classic by Andrew Ahn follows a group of friends who need to get married for convenience—until family arrives, and the plan spirals into extravagant, chaotic mayhem.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
  • One of the more extravagant is Maass by chef Ryan Ratino.
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Such a grandiose vision requires numerous trips between Earth and other worlds, driving the desire for reusability.
    Eric Mack, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Musk has made grandiose claims about the amount of money DOGE has saved the government, but the math has been filled with errors.
    Angrej Singh, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Hackman’s aggravation early on that directors didn’t seek out and exploit his comic and even improv talents was handled unforgettably in his portrayal of Superman villain Lex Luthor, a flamboyant oaf of Trumpian proportions.
    Fred Schruers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
  • And the gig didn’t end up going so well for flamboyant young guitarist.
    Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Cyrus’s early solo-music career was marked by chaos in both persona and output (remember Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz?); her style oscillated with an ostentatious lack of taste, and her music varied wildly between genres.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The question is whether the Oscars can simultaneously indulge in its usual ostentatious glitz.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In Cairo, the Sphinx, the Giza Pyramids and the magnificent Pyramid of Cheops beckon.
    Rona Berg, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Playing for Team Sweden at the 4 Nations Face-Off, Karlsson was magnificent in all three of his appearances.
    Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Gimmicked (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimmicked%20%28up%29. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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