ostentatious

Speech parts

1. ostentatious - Adjective

2. ostentatious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pretentious rococo grand baroque chichi oratorical flowery gaudy histrionic tinsel tawdry affected artificial elaborate theatrical

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Antonyms

unostentatious spartan leeward meek down-to-earth simple

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Phrases with the word

be ostentatious ostentatious woman less ostentatious expensive book for ostentatious display more ostentatious book for ostentatious display

Examples

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. Joseph Addison

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue. Albert Einstein

I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance. Imelda Marcos

I do not play games, but always just say what's on my mind. Ostentatious modesty - for fools. If a man afraid of your honesty, it means that he is not the one you need. Mila Kunis

The extravagant and ostentatious lifestyles that pass for charisma in a time when almost anybody talks about charisma but if you think about it there's precious little to be seen. Lester Bangs

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time. George S. Patton

Close letter words and terms

ostent ostentate ostentation ostentatious woman ostentatiously ostentatiousness