ostentatious
ostentation + -ous
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/icons/point.icon SHOWY, PRETENTIOUS, OSTENTATIOUS mean given to excessive outward display.
SHOWY implies an imposing or striking appearance but usually suggests cheapness or poor taste.
e.g. the performers' showy costumes
PRETENTIOUS implies an appearance of importance not justified by the thing's value or the person's standing.
e.g. a pretentious parade of hard words
OSTENTATIOUS stresses vainglorious display or parade.
e.g. the ostentatious summer homes of the rich
adjective
characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice:
⦅かたく⦆ 〈物が〉派手な, ぜいたくな, 金をかけすぎている;⦅けなして⦆ 〈人が〉これ見よがしの, 自慢げな, 偉そうな.
e.g. books that people buy and display ostentatiously but never actually finish.
DERIVATIVES
ostentatiousness |ˌäst(ə)nˈtāSHəsnəs| noun