Tacky vs Chintzy - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between tacky and chintzy

is that tacky is of a substance, slightly sticky while chintzy is of or decorated with chintz.

(er)

Of a substance, slightly sticky.

This paint isn't dry yet - it's still a bit tacky.

(colloquial) Of low quality.

That market stall sells all sorts of tacky ornaments.

(colloquial) In poor taste.

That was a tacky thing to say.

gaudy, flashy, showy, garish

dowdy, shabbily dressed

shabby, dowdy (in one's appearance)

(er)

Of or decorated with chintz.

Tastelessly showy; cheap, tacky, or gaudy.

* (John Betjeman), Death in Leamington

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

Stingy; excessively reluctant to spend.

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