chintzy

Definition

Of or decorated with chintz.

Etymology

From chintz + -y, from Hindi छींट (chī̃ṭ).

Example Sentences

• "This time she showed him into her living room instead of the kitchen. It was a little chintzier than it would have been if she'd actually owned the place, but he seemed to like it and sank comfortably into a loose-covered, old-fashioned, square-cornered sofa."
• "Wanting to get out of the house, he descended toward the large living room with its chintzy curtains and stuffy lamps and pictures. His least favorite room."
• "My parents had a dormer and two impossibly small twin beds with the world's chintziest chest between them."