chintzy

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chintzy

The hotel's chintzy curtains looked cheap and thin in the sunlight.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Embarrassingly stingy; excessively frugal or miserly: Describes a person or behavior that is unpleasantly and noticeably unwilling to spend money.
    • Of very poor quality; flimsy; cheaply made: Describes something that is badly made, often from inferior materials, and appears cheap or tacky.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective (Stingy):

    • He was too chintzy to leave a proper tip for the waiter.
    • Her chintzy attitude made her reluctant to contribute to the group gift.

  • Adjective (Poor Quality):

    • The hotel room was decorated with chintzy curtains and furniture.
    • They bought a chintzy souvenir that broke almost immediately.
Advanced Usage
  • Describing Style or Taste: Often used to criticize decor, fashion, or objects that are not only cheaply made but also show poor aesthetic judgment, appearing gaudy or tasteless.
    • The whole room had a chintzy, over-the-top glamour that felt insincere.
Variants and Related Words
  • Chintz (n): A printed, multicolored cotton fabric, often with a glazed finish. Historically, the adjective "chintzy" derived from this fabric, which was sometimes considered cheap or overly ornate.
  • Chintzily (adv): In a chintzy manner.
    • The room was chintzily decorated.
Synonyms
  • Stingy: Mean, ungenerous, tight-fisted, parsimonious.
  • Poor Quality: Tacky, tawdry, shoddy, cheap, gimcrack, inferior.
Antonyms
  • Generous: Lavish, open-handed, munificent.
  • High Quality: Classy, elegant, superior, well-made.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • On the chintzy side: A phrase used to describe something as somewhat cheap or stingy.
    • The portions at the restaurant were a bit on the chintzy side.
chintzy

The hotel's chintzy curtains looked cheap and thin in the sunlight.

Adjective
  1. embarrassingly stingy
  2. of very poor quality; flimsy

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