chintzy
chintzy
Definition
chintzy (c̸hint′sē)
adjective chintzier chintz′i·er, chintziest chintz′i·est
- like chintz
- ☆ 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.
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