chintzy

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“Rimini” is grim, for sure, but there’s also something about its surface pleasures — its chintzy décor — that I find both captivating and disturbing.

From New York Times

Luginbill said he came across a chintzy, poorly made gourd ukulele on the thrift store’s online shopping website, and decided to buy it.

From Washington Times

At the first sign of a cloud burst, nearly every corner has a ramshackle opportunist selling chintzy parasols for five or 10 bucks apiece.

From Washington Times

On Broadway, under what looks like a thousand lights, in front of a crowd impatient to cheer, this makes him a chintzy Big Bad Wolf.

From The New Yorker

What can I respond next time she does this that will not leave me looking chintzy or inhospitable?

From Washington Post