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ostentatious
/ˌɒs.tɛnˈteɪ.ʃəs/
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What does ostentatious mean?
adjective
- Of ostentation.
- Intended to attract notice.
- Of tawdry display; kitsch.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɒs.tɛnˈteɪ.ʃəs/
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Freaks that would have been vulgar and ostentatious in a more simpleminded girl, in Miss Beers seemed whimsical and picturesque.
Her honest ostentatious nature made the sharing of a merited dishonor as bitter as it could be to any mortal.
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Carrying the afflicted side with ostentatious caution, he led the way without ado round the house to the front gate on the road.
Smugglers landing laces and silks have been known to wind them around their bodies, as being less ostentatious than carrying them in a trunk.
Cruncher could not be restrained from making rather an ostentatious parade of his liberality--“I’d catch hold of your throat and choke you for half a guinea.”