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Synonyms of chintzy

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Another word for chintzy is garish. Other synonyms of chintzy are kitschy, shoddy, trashy, bedizened and blatant.

Synonyms and similar words for chintzy

adjectiveTastelessly showy; cheap, gaudy, or tacky.

  • garishOverly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.
  • kitschyHaving the nature of kitsch: excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
  • shoddyPoor; low.
  • trashyLike trash; having low quality and a perceived lack of depth, especially of books and films.
  • bedizened literaryDressed or ornamented in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner; ostentatious.
  • blatantObvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive.
  • blingishCharacteristic of bling; showy; ostentatious.
  • brashBold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.
  • campyCharacterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
  • catchpenny
  • chichiAffectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way.
  • cornyHackneyed or excessively sentimental.
  • crass
  • crude
  • flashyShowy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
  • flauntingThat flaunts; showy or gaudy.
  • florid
  • flossy
  • froufrou
  • gauche
  • gaudy
  • gay
  • glaring
  • gross
  • gussied up
  • hideous
  • kitschOf art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
  • loud
  • meretricious
  • naff
  • obtrusive
  • ostentatious
  • pimped outFlashy, showy and adorned or customized extravagantly.
  • pizazzyOf, characterized by, or exhibiting pizazz.
  • pretentious
  • ritzyElegant and luxurious.
  • raffish
  • schlockyOf inferior quality, cheap.
  • showy
  • snazzy
  • splendiferousBeautiful, splendid.
  • tacky
  • tastelessLacking delicacy, refinement, and good taste; unbecoming; crass.
  • tawdryOf clothing, appearance, etc., cheap and gaudy; showy.
  • tinselly
  • too muchAmusing; entertaining.
  • trinketyResembling or characteristic of a trinket; gaudy and worthless.
  • unbecoming
  • untastefulNot tasteful.
  • vainShowy; ostentatious.
  • whorishResembling or befitting a whore.
  • zesty
  • ass slang, vulgarOf low quality; bad.
  • badOf low quality.
  • base
  • below par
  • bottom-shelfCheap or low-quality.
  • BTEC UKLow-quality or inferior.
  • bumOf poor quality or highly undesirable.
  • cheapOf poor quality.
  • cheap and nasty UKCheap and of bad quality.
  • cheapshit vulgarCheap; shoddy; of inferior quality.
  • cheesyCheap, of poor quality.
  • coffee-and derogatory, slangCheap, second-rate.
  • crap slang, vulgarOf poor quality.
  • crappo slangOf very low quality; crap, lousy.
  • crappy vulgarOf very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.
  • craptastic slang, vulgarOf extremely poor quality.
  • crapperific slang, vulgarExtremely awful.
  • craptabulous slang, vulgarExtremely awful.
  • craptacular US, slangSpectacularly awful; so poor in quality as to become a spectacle.
  • cruddy slangCrummy, lousy, worthless.
  • crummy informalBad; poor.
  • dogwater slangExtremely bad or unskilled (especially at a video game); trash.
  • dreckyTrashy, worthless.
  • flimsyLikely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
  • fourth-rateTerrible, awful; less than third-rate.
  • gash UK, slangOf poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted.
  • garbageBad, crap, shitty.
  • god-awfulExtremely awful, unpleasant or dreadful.
  • inferiorOf low rank, standard or quality.
  • lousyRemarkably bad; of poor quality.
  • lowNot high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.).
  • low-gradeOf inferior quality.
  • low-qualityOf poor quality; inferior.
  • low-rentLow-quality, trashy.
  • made in ChinaCheaply manufactured; of poor or low quality, (especially) if made in East Asia.
  • mid slangTrashy; low-quality.
  • one-starOf low quality; low-quality.
  • pathetic
  • poorOf low quality.
  • poor man'sCheaper than, simpler than, a low-quality version of, or inferior to.
  • pound-shop UK, derogatoryUsed to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior imitation.
  • punkBad, substandard.
  • rinky-dink US, informalOf poor quality; amateurish, shoddy, small-time.
  • ropy Ireland, UKOf poor quality; in poor health.
  • rubbish Australia, informalExceedingly bad; awful.
  • sadPoor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
  • scrubbyInferior in size or quality.
  • second-rateOf mediocre quality; not first-rate.
  • slim UK, dialectalBad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
  • subparOf less than a traditional or accepted standard.
  • shit vulgarOf poor quality; worthless.
  • shite Ireland, UKBad; awful; shit.
  • shitty informal, vulgarLow-quality; inferior; not up to par, or failing one's expectations.
  • substandardOf inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.
  • ticky-tacky USMade of this material; cheaply built, of low quality.
  • tenth-rateOf extremely poor quality, godawful.
  • third-ratePoor, shoddy; less than second-rate.
  • tin-pot informalOf inferior quality; shoddy.
  • trash
  • under parBelow par.
  • woefulWretched; paltry; poor.
  • wretchedOf an inferior or unworthy nature or social status; contemptible, lowly.
  • naughty obsoleteBad, worthless, substandard.
  • slazy archaicSleazy; of inferior quality.
  • slight dialectal, obsoleteBad, of poor quality.

adjectiveExcessively reluctant to spend; miserly, stingy.

Meaning of chintzy

  1. adjective Of or decorated with chintz.
  2. adjective Tastelessly showy; cheap, gaudy, or tacky.
  3. adjective Excessively reluctant to spend; miserly, stingy.

Full definition of chintzy

Questions about synonyms of chintzy

What is another word for chintzy?
Chintzy has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as garish, kitschy, shoddy, trashy, bedizened, blatant, blingish and brash.
What does chintzy mean?
Chintzy means of or decorated with chintz.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chintzy (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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