matchy-matchy
Syllables: matchy·matchyUK/ˈmatʃi ˌmatʃi/US/ˈmætʃi ˌmætʃi/
matchy-matchy adjective: of clothes or upholstery: excessively color-coordinated.
Adjective
matchy-matchy (comparative more matchy-matchy, superlative most matchy-matchy)
- Of clothes or upholstery: excessively color-coordinated.
- We are dressing for a dinner party, I in a black skirt with a porthole over which I have dropped an empire-waisted blue schmatte. Schmatte, along with "merch" for merchandise and "matchy-matchy," as in "That sweater and skirt are too matchy-matchy," is among the words I have picked up at Mlle...[1995, Mary Cantwell, chapter 4, in Manhattan, When I was Young, New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 139
- "Shall we do it matchy-matchy?" Laura asks, holding up a teal top with teal flowered Bermuda shorts. / "Sooner or later, matching is going to be the new non-matching," Rodney states proudly.2006 February 6, Joanna Douglas, “Pronounced Ah-bye-ah-tay: Abaeté Designer Laura Poretzky Let Us Tag Along as She Prepared for Her First Fashion Show at New York’s Bryant Park”, in Christina Kelly...
- Synonyms:
- matchy
matchy-matchy meaning in Tamil
matchy-matchy in Tamil
- வண்ண ஒத்திசைவு
Examples of matchy-matchy in a sentence
- Schmatte, along with "merch" for merchandise and "matchy-matchy," as in "That sweater and skirt are too matchy-matchy," is among the words I have picked up at Mlle [Madamoiselle].[1995, Mary Cantwell, chapter 4, in Manhattan, When I was Young, New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 139:
- Matchy-Matchy is no longer considered the height of chic.2008, Nancy Marie, “Chic and Stylish”, in Style, Beauty, Trimness, [s.l.]: Fabuleux Paris, →ISBN, page 25:
- I used to really like matchy-matchy everything.2015, Anita Joyce, “Decorating Guidelines”, in French Accents: Farmhouse French Style for Today’s Home, Springville, Utah: Plain Sight...
Synonyms of matchy-matchy
Antonyms
Forms of matchy-matchy
| comparative | more matchy-matchy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most matchy-matchy |
Origin of matchy-matchy
] Reduplication of matchy.
Words formed from matchy-matchy
Questions about matchy-matchy
- What does matchy-matchy mean?
- Matchy-matchy means of clothes or upholstery: excessively color-coordinated.
- What is matchy-matchy in Tamil?
- Matchy-matchy in Tamil is வண்ண ஒத்திசைவு. See Matchy-matchy meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use matchy-matchy in a sentence?
- Schmatte, along with "merch" for merchandise and "matchy-matchy," as in "That sweater and skirt are too matchy-matchy," is among the words I have picked up at Mlle [Madamoiselle].
- What part of speech is matchy-matchy?
- Matchy-matchy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce matchy-matchy?
- Matchy-matchy is pronounced /ˈmatʃi ˌmatʃi/ (UK).
Words near matchy-matchy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: matchy-matchy (page history and authors); matchy-matchy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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