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Recent Examples of foppish
The owner, clad in a foppish costume, is throwing a fancy party filled with people who don’t feel obliged to follow the evacuation orders of some paramilitary stooge.
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Her husband, the filmmaker, wears a foppish silk scarf.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Soon, he’s contracted by the foppish Harry Van Buren (Joe Alwyn) to build a library for his father, the local land magnate Harrison Van Buren (Guy Pearce).
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
London’s Harry Styles event saw 12 foppish men in feather boas, Gucci flares, and floppy haircuts vying for the prize.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Her husband, the filmmaker, wears a foppish silk scarf.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Soon, he’s contracted by the foppish Harry Van Buren (Joe Alwyn) to build a library for his father, the local land magnate Harrison Van Buren (Guy Pearce).
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
London’s Harry Styles event saw 12 foppish men in feather boas, Gucci flares, and floppy haircuts vying for the prize.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foppish
Adjective
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For the magazine’s seventy-fifth anniversary, in 2000, the dog-loving portraitist William Wegman dressed up one of his Weimaraners as Eustace Tilley, our dandyish mascot, originally drawn by Rea Irvin.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The composer shows himself a cartoonish James Bond-type, battling with his prissy critics, while also dallying with his seductive wife, who is represented in opulent violin solos.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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As Berenger’s prissy friend Gene, the character who transforms the most during the course of the play, Phillip Taratula changes in both body and soul.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But the Jason Sudeikis-starring sappy comedy is coming back, thanks to the pure willpower of a streaming service in desperate need of an all-around hit.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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Time hasn’t diminished her flinty chemistry with Meryl Streep or Emily Blunt, thank God, though her moments with Stanley Tucci drift into needlessly sappy terrain.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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“Foppish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foppish. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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