chintziness
Flashy but flimsy
Chintziness is the quality of being cheap, stingy, or tastelessly gaudy.
The word derives from chintz, a printed cotton fabric once considered showy and inexpensive.
Someone's chintziness might show in their unwillingness to tip properly or in their decorating choices: The chintziness of the motel room was almost charming.
Excessive reluctance to spend
- tightfistednessExtreme reluctance to spend
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
- scrimpingExcessive thrift, stingy saving
- niggardlinessExcessive reluctance to give
cheapskate · hoarding · grudging · ungenerous · closefisted · skimping · parsimonious · penurious
Of poor craftsmanship
- tackyVulgar or slightly sticky
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- second-rateBelow acceptable standards
- substandardBelow required quality
inferior · plastic · imitation · knockoff · mass-produced · low-quality · gaudy · tawdry
Careful use of resources
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- savingsAccumulated money kept
prudence · restraint · moderation · austerity · sparingness · belt-tightening · scrimping · penny-wise
miserliness
Excessive reluctance to spend
- tightfistednessExtreme reluctance to spend
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
- scrimpingExcessive thrift, stingy saving
niggardliness · cheapskate · hoarding · grudging · ungenerous · closefisted · skimping · parsimonious · penurious · cheeseparing
shoddy
Of poor craftsmanship
- tackyVulgar or slightly sticky
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- second-rateBelow acceptable standards
substandard · inferior · plastic · imitation · knockoff · mass-produced · low-quality · gaudy · tawdry · shabby
thrift
Careful use of resources
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
savings · prudence · restraint · moderation · austerity · sparingness · belt-tightening · scrimping · penny-wise · bare-bones
chintzinesselegance
Refined, graceful quality
refinement · sophistication · tasteful · classiness · luxury
chintzinessgenerosity
Readiness to give freely
lavishness · liberality · open-handedness · extravagance · munificence