chichi
Showy and precious
Chichi describes something excessively fussy, pretentious, or showily elegant—often with the suggestion that the effect is overdone or trying too hard: a chichi boutique hotel, The restaurant was too chichi for my taste.
The word carries mild contempt for affected sophistication.
Also spelled chi-chi.
Fashionably elegant
- voguePrevailing popular style
- fashionableCurrently in style
- trendyCurrently in vogue
- dapperNeatly and stylishly dressed
natty · snazzy · sleek · polished · suave · debonair · sartorial · bespoke
Artificially contrived behavior
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- artificialMade, not natural
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
foppish · haughty · highfalutin · insincere · pompous · precious · showy · stilted
Ostentatiously wealthy
- luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
- ornateElaborately decorated
extravagant · decadent · plush · swanky · ritzy · elegant · gilded · resplendent
Senseless talk or writing
- flummeryNonsense or oat pudding
- fiddle-faddleTrivial nonsense or fussing
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- claptrapInsincere, pretentious language
twaddle · trumpery · falderal · tosh · hogwash · malarkey · poppycock · flapdoodle
stylish
Fashionably elegant
- voguePrevailing popular style
- fashionableCurrently in style
- trendyCurrently in vogue
dapper · natty · snazzy · sleek · polished · suave · debonair · sartorial · bespoke · haute
affected
Artificially contrived behavior
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- artificialMade, not natural
contrived · foppish · haughty · highfalutin · insincere · pompous · precious · showy · stilted · snobbish
opulent
Ostentatiously wealthy
- luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
ornate · extravagant · decadent · plush · swanky · ritzy · elegant · gilded · resplendent · splendid
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
- flummeryNonsense or oat pudding
- fiddle-faddleTrivial nonsense or fussing
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
claptrap · twaddle · trumpery · falderal · tosh · hogwash · malarkey · poppycock · flapdoodle · bunkum
chichidowdy
Unstylish in appearance
frumpy · unfashionable · unstylish · shabby · old-fashioned
chichiunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
simple · plain · minimalist · unadorned · unpretentious
chichiunpretentious
Lacking false superiority
unaffected · natural · down-to-earth · genuine · authentic
- shabby chicIntentionally worn elegance
- très chicExtremely stylish, in French
- scruffy chicIntentionally tousled fashion aesthetic
- geek chicIntellectual aesthetic made fashionable
- casual chicRelaxed yet polished style
- rustic chic