chintzy
adjective
uk/ˈtʃɪnt.si/us/ˈtʃɪnt.si/chintzyadjective(DECORATION)
mainlydisapproving
having a lot oftraditionaldecoration,especiallyusingclothwithpatternsofflowers; this word is often used when youthinkthisstyleisuglyor notfashionable:
Ifindtheirhouseabittoo chintzy.我发现他们的房子用了太多的印花棉布装饰。
a chintzy rose-patternedsofa
- Theroomcontainsanassortmentof gilt-edgedpiecesoffurnitureand a chintzy rose-patternedsofa.
- Thedecormay beratherchintzy andcheesy, but thehotelisunpretentious,relaxedandinformal.
- You are notlikelytoseeapubthat has this much chintzydecorback in Ireland.
Not attractive to look at
- back end
- be no oil paintingidiom
- be not much to look atidiom
- bleakly
- bleakness
- excrescence
- gopping
- gracelessly
- hatchet-faced
- have a face like the back end of a busidiom
- hideous
- hideousness
- plug-ugly
- pretty
- pretty-pretty
- reptilian
- scrappily
- unsightly
- vulgarity
- vulgarly
chintzyadjective(CHEAP)
US
cheapand oflowquality:
(物品)质次价廉的Theroomwasfullof chintzyChristmasdecorations.
US
notwillingtospendmoney:
(人)小气的,吝啬的Don't be so chintzy - thewholeeveningwill onlycostyou tenbucks.
- Heheapedpraiseon them forrunningahigh-classoperation. "They're not chintzy," he said.
- Some of theCGIspecialeffectscome off as chintzy.
- You can't be chintzy; you can'tcompromiseon thequalityofingredients.
Costing little or no money
- chargeless
- cheap
- cheap rate
- cheapness
- cheapo
- comp
- compliment
- complimentary
- cut-price
- economy-size
- entry level
- ex gratia
- free of charge
- glossy
- inexpensive
- nominal
- nothing
- rock bottom
- schlock
- valueless
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