History
History
Synonyms
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Meaning:
blinding

making seeing difficult because very bright

bright, dazzling; flashy

flashy

shining and attractive but often a little vulgar

flamboyant, in poor taste

garish

unpleasantly coloured; over-decorated

flashy, tasteless

gaudy

too bright and showy

bright and vulgar

parsimonious

ungenerous; too careful with money

penny-pinching

stingy

(of a person) spending, using or giving something unwillingly

penny-pinching, averse to spending money

tawdry

brightly coloured or decorated, but cheap or in bad state

cheap, tasteless

tinsel

a glittering metallic substance, used for decoration

gaudy, flashy

CHINTZY as in Wiktionary
CHINTZY as in Wikipedia