chintzy

Adjective Satellite

• of very poor quality; flimsy
• embarrassingly stingy

Adj

• Of or decorated with chintz.
• Tastelessly showy; cheap, gaudy, or tacky.
• Excessively reluctant to spend; miserly, stingy.

Adjective

• Cheap, gaudy, or flimsy in appearance or quality.

Examples

• He avoided chintzy, low-scoring words, always aiming for maximum points.

Synonyms

bum, cheap, cheesy, chinchy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny, as tight as Dick's hatband, cheeseparing, chintzy, close, close as wax, close-fisted, illiberal, mean, miserable, miserly, narrow-fisted, niggardly, nipcheese, parsimonious, peddling, penny-pinching, penny-wise, penurious, scrooge-like, scrubby, shabby, still got one's communion money, stingy, swear, tight, tight as a tick, tight-fisted, tighter than Dick's hatband, ungenerous, ungiving

Related Words

chintz, chintzware

Anagrams of chintzy