Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Characterized by or given to ostentation; pretentious. See Synonyms at showy.
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.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of ostentation.
- adj. Intended to attract notice.
- adj. Of tawdry display; kitsch.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. intended to attract notice and impress others
- adj. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar
Examples
“After all, Swanson had practically invented the word ostentatious.”
“A dance performed in ostentatious costumes, usually representing characters from the Robin Hood tradition such as Maid Marian and Friar Tuck.”
“His long, stricken pause when she asks him to come up with another word for "ostentatious" is as funny as his fumbling answers: "Delicious?”
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“We dined anywhere from seven to nine, and soothed each other's irritation by calling ostentatious attention to the delicacy and perfection of each dish as it came on the table.”
“By Gerry Baldo 08/18/2009 Sensing the public outrage that hasn't subsided over what has been described as the ostentatious and luxurious lifestyles of President Arroyo and her entourage displayed during her”
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“It sounded like the kind of ostentatious new age compositions that John Tesh might have composed.”
“A controversial 2004 law in France earlier prohibited Muslim headscarves and other "ostentatious" religious symbols in the classrooms of French primary and secondary public schools.”
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