Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or decorated with chintz.
- adjective Gaudy; trashy.
- adjective Stingy; miserly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective resembling chintz or decorated with chintz.
- adjective informal of very poor quality.
- adjective stingy; miserly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or decorated with
chintz . - adjective tastelessly showy;
cheap ,tacky , orgaudy - adjective
Stingy ; excessively reluctant to spend.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective embarrassingly stingy
- adjective of very poor quality; flimsy
Etymologies
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Examples
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... etc. I don't know what is comprised under the term chintzy, but it appeared to be a comprehensive one, for the nobleman descanted on the merits of the following patterns among others: --
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 15, 1917 Various
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Yang Jie built HanHan World through social marketing HanHan's World sells what one might call chintzy Iphone covers.
BBC News - Home 2011
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September 8, 2009 2: 46 PM bojack, really, 'chintzy', come on, these babies must have set us back a mint ..... + they are capturing the leafs for Randolfo's bio-fuel ....
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Fans assumed that the show must have been filmed with some kind of chintzy '50s color process, doomed to quick and smudgy fading, but Eureka!
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Fans assumed that the show must have been filmed with some kind of chintzy '50s color process, doomed to quick and smudgy fading, but Eureka!
Archive 2006-12-17 2006
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Euro’s not to be labelled chintzy, noted that through their punitive tax rates, they furnish the safety hammock for their poor.
Think Progress » House Conservatives Push Fringe Abortion Measure Instead Of Vital Budget Bills 2006
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Righteous Kill is the kind of chintzy genre flick that would go direct-to-DVD if it starred, say, Chuck Norris and James Brolin, instead of a pair of beloved Oscar winners.
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Righteous Kill is the kind of chintzy genre flick that would go direct-to-DVD if it starred, say, Chuck Norris and James Brolin, instead of a pair of beloved Oscar winners.
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Righteous Kill is the kind of chintzy genre flick that would go direct-to-DVD if it starred, say, Chuck Norris and James Brolin, instead of a pair of beloved Oscar winners.
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Righteous Kill is the kind of chintzy genre flick that would go direct-to-DVD if it starred, say, Chuck Norris and James Brolin, instead of a pair of beloved Oscar winners.
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