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Word entry · 7 letters

chintzy

Best crossword clue

"Cheaply made"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈt͡ʃɪntsi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted chintyzStarts with CEnds with Y1 clues
1C2H3I4N5T6Z7Y

Definitions

  1. Cheaply made, gaudy, or stingy.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • "Tea!" she said in a tiny voice. / "Wake up! It's nearly five." / Oh! Chintzy, chintzy cheeriness, / Half dead and half alive.

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