| Main Entry: | chintzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap-looking |
Synonyms: |
cheap, frowzy, schlocky, shabby, sleazy, tacky |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
Synonyms: |
chintzy, closefisted, illiberal, mean, mingy, miserly, narrow, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, skimpy, skinflint, tight, tight-fisted, ungenerous |
Antonyms: |
generous, giving |
| Main Entry: | flashy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flamboyant, in poor taste |
Synonyms: |
blatant, brazen, catchpenny, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, florid, garish, gaudy, glaring, glittering, glittery, glitzy, jazzy, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, showy, snazzy, sparkling, tacky*, tasteless, tawdry, tinsel, vulgar |
Antonyms: |
plain, simple, subdued, tasteful, unflamboyant, unflashy, ungaudy, unobtrusive |
| Main Entry: | garish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flashy, tasteless |
Synonyms: |
blatant, brassy, brazen, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, gaudy, glaring, glittering, kitschy, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overwrought, raffish, screaming, showy, tawdry, tinsel, vulgar |
Antonyms: |
discreet, modest, normal, plain, tasteful |
| Main Entry: | gaudy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright and vulgar |
Synonyms: |
blatant, brazen, brilliant, catchpenny, chichi*, chintzy, coarse, crude, flashy, flaunting, florid, frou-frou, garish, gay, glaring, gross, gussied up, jazzy, kitschy, loud, meretricious, obtrusive, ostentatious, pizzazz*, pretentious, putting on the ritz, raffish, ritzy, screaming, showy, snazzy, splashy, splendiferous, tasteless, tawdry, tinsel |
Antonyms: |
calm, drab, dull, modest, plain, refined, simple, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | glaring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, dazzling; flashy |
Synonyms: |
blatant, blazing, blinding, brazen, chintzy, florid, garish, gaudy, glowing, loud, meretricious, shining, tawdry |
Antonyms: |
dark, dull, plain |
| Main Entry: | loud |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensive, gaudy |
Synonyms: |
brash, brassy, brazen, chintzy, coarse, crass, crude, flamboyant, flashy, garish, glaring, gross, lurid, meretricious, obnoxious, obtrusive, ostentatious, raucous, rude, showy, tasteless, tawdry, vulgar |
Antonyms: |
inoffensive, quiet, soft, tasteful |
| Main Entry: | meretricious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gaudy, flashy |
Synonyms: |
blatant, bogus, brazen, chintzy, counterfeit, garish, glaring, insincere, loud, misleading, ornate, phony, plastic, put-on, sham, showy, spurious, superficial, tawdry, tinsel, trashy |
| Notes: | meretricious means of or pertaining to prostitutes - alluring by vulgar or flashy display - based on pretense or insincerity; meritorious means deserving reward or praise |
Antonyms: |
genuine, real, undecorated, unembellished |
| Main Entry: | parsimonious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | penny-pinching |
Synonyms: |
avaricious, chintzy, close, frugal, greedy, illiberal, mean, miserly, penurious, prudent, saving, scrimpy, selfish, skinflint, sparing, stingy*, tight*, tightfisted, tightwad |
Antonyms: |
generous, lavish, liberal |
| Main Entry: | penurious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
Synonyms: |
avaricious, cheap, chintzy, close-fisted, costive, curmudgeonly, economical, frugal, greedy, hoarding, miserly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, pennywise, pinchpenny, saving, scrimping, sparing, thrifty, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous, ungiving |