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chintzy (c̸hint)

adjective chintzier chintz′i·er, chintziest chintz′i·est

  1. like chintz
  2. Informal cheap, stingy, mean, petty, etc.

Etymology: chintz + -y: from the sleazy quality of some chintz fabrics

chintzy Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • fabric: Inside you'll find high quality decor and chintzy fabrics.
  • style: It's a large venue with a traditional, some might say chintzy, style.
  • curtain: I wake up every once in a while, part the chintzy curtain at the window and gaze out at the highway rushing by.
  • interior: For FEELGOOD, Designer Edward Lipscomb will be recreating, in detail, the chintzy interior of a seaside hotel.
  • look: She has also taken the old fashioned and once berated chintzy floral look and brought it bang into the 21st Century.

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: A slightly chintzy interior, but quite frankly, when the food is this good, who cares.
chintzy Quotes

Oh! Chintzy, chintzy cheeriness, Half dead and half alive.

—Betjeman, SirJohn

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