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UK
/tʃˈɪntsi/
]
[ US /ˈtʃɪntsi/ ]
[ US /ˈtʃɪntsi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- embarrassingly stingy
- of very poor quality; flimsy
How To Use chintzy In A Sentence
- Another good option is the Santa Lucia, a beautifully restored 18 th-century palazzo which is spoiled only by the management's choice of chintzy decor and over-fussy floral curtains in the guest rooms.
- Roast suckling pig might evoke the same lip-smacking if it wasn't such a chintzy portion.
- But this year, why not chuck out the chintzy trailing lobelias, begonias, marigolds and petunias, and go for something a little more unusual?
- Plus his girlfriend moved here, so he tagged along to live in a chintzy duplex near the Jean-Talon Market.
- Roast suckling pig might evoke the same lip-smacking if it wasn't such a chintzy portion.
- It was impossible to associate his remembered almost total uninterest in his surroundings with those chintzy curtains, that hanging basket of trailing ivy and fuchsia over the door of Faith Cottage or the two brightly painted yellow tubs still garish with summer flowers which had been artfully placed one each side of the porch. She Closed Her Eyes
- In fact, I'd talk at length about the actors if there was anything to talk about - every single one comes off as strange and one-dimensional due to the chintzy voice over work provided by lesser talent.
- On the controversial question of the Big Day we both knew exactly what we did not want: no chintzy hotel reception, no long wedding lists or preparations, no drama, and definitely no wedding cake.
- She dropped her keys into a chintzy ceramic elephant that sat on a thrift-shop lacquer table by the front door.
- For Gloucestershire, a county better known for its chintzy hotels, this is a real departure.