0 having a lot of traditional decoration, especially using cloth with patterns of flowers; this word is often used when you think this style is ugly or not fashionable:
2 (of things) cheap and not well made, or (of people) not willing to spend money:
He never tipped enough – he was too chintzy.
The room contains an assortment of gilt-edged pieces of furniture and a chintzy rose-patterned sofa.
The decor may be rather chintzy and cheesy, but the hotel is unpretentious, relaxed and informal.
You are not likely to see a pub that has this much chintzy decor back in Ireland.
He heaped praise on them for running a high-class operation. "They're not chintzy," he said.
You can't be chintzy; you can't compromise on the quality of ingredients.
But in early 2002 he had lost three top players to richer teams and would get no help from his chintzy owner.
It opened in 1944 with penny machines, crane games, and a chintzy museum.
