Current usage indicates that newfangled is used—sometimes deprecatingly—to describe anything that is new, hip, hot, or happening, while other times it is used with irony for something—such as rock music—that might have been new at one time but is hardly new anymore.
Is newfangled derogatory?
(usually derogatory or humorous) Contemptibly modern, unfamiliar, or different. Newfangled electronic gadgets that cost a lot and do little.
Which is the closest antonym for the word newfangled?
antonyms for newfangled
- old.
- old-fashioned.
- old-hack.
- outmoded.
