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ostentatious

adjectiveGraduateELO 1,400GREGMAT
DEFINITION

intended to attract notice and impress others

WEBSTER'S 1913

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

ETYMOLOGY

Latin 'ostentare' to show off

SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
IN LITERATURE

At the accustomed warning there was an ostentatious rustle of retiring dresses; whereat Mr.

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
IN USE

By his indoctrinated idealization of an ostentatious concept, he reinforced the myth of blitzkrieg.

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