Ostentatious

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  • adjective. Characterized by or given to ostentation. synonym: showy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Making public display.
  • Characterized by ostentation; making display or vain show from vanity or pride.
  • Showy; gaudy; intended for vain display: as, ostentatious ornaments.
  • Synonyms Dashing, flaunting. See ostentation.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of ostentation.
  • adjective. Intended to attract notice.
  • adjective. Of tawdry display; kitsch.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. intended to attract notice and impress others
  • adjective. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar
    • Word Usage
    "After all, Swanson had practically invented the word ostentatious."
    Equivalent
    flamboyant  flaunty  showy  splashy  tasteless  
    Form
    ostensible  ostensive  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ignatius  audacious  capacious  ceraceous  crustaceous  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    boisterous  ceremonious  courtly  elaborate  extravagant  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Gongoresque  Johnsonian  affected  ambitious  arabesque  
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