chintzyadjective
uk/ˈtʃɪnt.si/us/ˈtʃɪnt.si/chintzy adjective (DECORATION)
decorated with a lot of chintz:
I find their house a bit too chintzy.
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Not attractive to look at
- a blot on the landscape idiom
- back end
- be no oil painting idiom
- be not much to look at idiom
- blowsy
- florid
- ghoulish
- hideously
- horsey
- icky
- inelegant
- look a fright idiom
- look like the back end of a bus idiom
- minger
- putrid
- tasteless
- twee
- ugly
- ugly duckling
- unappealing
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chintzy adjective (CHEAP)
US cheap and of low quality:
It's a chintzy hat, you can't expect it to last for long.
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Costing little or no money
- bargain
- bargain bin
- cheap rate
- cheaply
- cut-price
- downscale
- economy-size
- knock-down
- low-cost
- low-rent
- mass market
- mates' rate
- nothing
- offer
- reasonably
- snip
- something
- song
- steal
- tacky
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Mean with money
chintzy adjective (NOT GENEROUS)
US not willing to spend money:
Don't be so chintzy, the whole evening will only cost you ten bucks.
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Mean with money
- cheap
- cheapskate
- cheeseparing
- frugal
- mean
- meanly
- meanness
- measly
- mingy
- miser
- miserly
- money-grubbing
- parsimonious
- penny-pinching
- scrooge
- skinflint
- stingy
- tight
- tight-fisted
- tightwad