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Ostentatious

Ostentatious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ostentatious? [adj] intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat" [adj] of a display that is tawdry or vulgar Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ostentatious: conspicuous \| flaunty \| in poor taste(p) \| kitsch \| pretentious \| showy \| splashy \| tasteless Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ostentatious: affected \| ambitious \| arabesque \| baroque \| bedizened \| big-sounding \| boastful \| braggart \| busy \| chichi \| classy \| convoluted \| declamatory \| elaborate \| elegant \| elevated \| euphuistic \| fancy \| fine \| flamboyant \| flaming \| flash \| flashy \| flaunting \| florid \| flossy \| flowery \| frilly \| fulsome \| fussy \| garish \| gaudy \| Gongoresque \| grandiloquent \| grandiose \| grandisonant \| highfalutin \| highfaluting \| high-flowing \| high-flown \| high-flying \| high-sounding \| high-toned \| high-wrought \| inkhorn \| Johnsonian \| labored \| labyrinthine \| lexiphanic \| lofty \| lurid \| luxuriant \| luxurious \| magniloquent \| meretricious \| moresque \| ornate \| orotund \| overdone \| overelaborate \| overelegant \| overinvolved \| overlabored \| overworked \| overwrought \| peacockish \| peacocky \| pedantic \| picturesque \| pompous \| pretentious \| pretty-pretty \| rhetorical \| rich \| rococo \| sensational \| sensationalistic \| sententious \| showy \| sonorous \| splashy \| stilted \| swank \| tall \| theatrical \| tony \| tortuous \| vain \| vainglorious \| vaunting See Also \| Ostentatious In Webster's Dictionary \Os`tenta"tious\, a. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful. Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. --Dryden. The ostentatious professions of many years. --Macaulay. -- {Os`tenta"tiously}, adv. -- {Os`tenta"tious*ness}, n.

Ostentatious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ostentatious?

[adj] intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"
[adj] of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

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Ostentatious In Webster's Dictionary

\Os`ten*ta"tious\, a.
Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous;
pretentious; boastful.

      Far from being ostentatious of the good you do.
                                               --Dryden.

      The ostentatious professions of many years. --Macaulay.
-- {Os`ten*ta"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Os`ten*ta"tious*ness}, n.

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