Explore Chintzy through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like cheap or stingy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Chintzy in a sentence
Chintzy meaning
- Of or decorated with chintz.
- Tastelessly showy; cheap, gaudy, or tacky.
Using Chintzy
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or decorated with chintz. | Tastelessly showy; cheap, gaudy, or tacky.
- Useful related words include: cheap, stingy, chinchy, inferior.
- In the example corpus, chintzy often appears in combinations such as: chintzy and.
Context around Chintzy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chintzy
- In this selection, "chintzy" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nostalgic, bit, battle, affection and style stand out and add context to how "chintzy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit chintzy and lacks and and rather chintzy battle scenes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chintzy" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chintzy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rated PG-13 for language and rather chintzy battle scenes. (10 words)
It is nostalgic, chintzy and revels in tweeness – even the back-screen video projections by Luke Halls are sepia-tinted. (20 words)
Vizio SB2021n-G6’s non-backlit remote feels a bit chintzy and lacks a display, but it’s relatively easy to use. (22 words)
What’s more, the tone is even looser than that of the original film; to wit, at one point, Scott and Hope desperately try to…procure a chintzy trophy from his daughter’s backpack at elementary school. (37 words)
Chintzy affection aside, these opening scenes reveal that this insular family has some money, and the delineation between insiders and outsiders begins to carry more weight as the plot unfolds. (30 words)
Even on our upmarket test vehicle, some of the materials, like the black trim piece surrounding the infotainment system and the large trim piece on the dash, are chintzy. (29 words)
Example sentences (8)
Rated PG-13 for language and rather chintzy battle scenes.
It is nostalgic, chintzy and revels in tweeness – even the back-screen video projections by Luke Halls are sepia-tinted.
Vizio SB2021n-G6’s non-backlit remote feels a bit chintzy and lacks a display, but it’s relatively easy to use.
Chintzy affection aside, these opening scenes reveal that this insular family has some money, and the delineation between insiders and outsiders begins to carry more weight as the plot unfolds.
Even on our upmarket test vehicle, some of the materials, like the black trim piece surrounding the infotainment system and the large trim piece on the dash, are chintzy.
On top of that, Obi took his chintzy style to the extreme by not dishing out money, the main language the Eastern electorate seems to understand.
We turned the light down to make it cold and blue, and hung a large piece of chintzy fabric as the background.
What’s more, the tone is even looser than that of the original film; to wit, at one point, Scott and Hope desperately try to…procure a chintzy trophy from his daughter’s backpack at elementary school.
Common combinations with chintzy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: