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chintzy

/chint-see/US // ˈtʃɪnt si //UK // (ˈtʃɪntsɪ) //

懊恼,懊恼的,懊悔,懊丧

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    chintz·i·er, chintz·i·est.

    • : of, like, or decorated with chintz.
    • : cheap, inferior, or gaudy.
    • : stingy; miserly: a chintzy way to entertain guests.

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Examples

  • Theirs is a home we’ve seen before, decorated in the same chintzy style that art departments have projected on working-class families for decades, from All in the Family to Roseanne to James’ long-running CBS hit The King of Queens.

  • "It's odd I should find you here, Mr. Fitzroy," said Mrs. Shaw, settling her rustling skirts on a chintzy chair.

  • I think so gratefully and kindly now of the little chintzy parlour—blest refuge.

  • It was one of those chintzy English sitting-rooms with flowers in every corner.

  • She felt oddly perturbed when at last she reached the seclusion of her chintzy bedroom underneath the sloping roof.

  • We'll keep nearly all this furniture, and add to it chintzy sofas and easy chairs.