Splendid display or celebration; magnificent show or ceremony. Formerly frequently with negative connotation: ostentatious, specious, or boastful…
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释义 | the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display (38) pompc1330 Splendid display or celebration; magnificent show or ceremony. Formerly frequently with negative connotation: ostentatious, specious, or boastful… vaunterya1492 Vaunting, boasting; boastful or vainglorious bearing or show. pomping pridec1503 That pomps (pomp, v.2). Only found in pomping pride. Obsolete. braga1513 Show, pomp, display; pompous demeanour or carriage. Obsolete. flaunt-a-flaunt1576 In a flaunting position; also quasi-n. bragging display, swagger. plume1580 figurative and in extended use. Often used with the suggestion of ostentatious display. affecting1584 The pretended or artificial assumption of a style or other quality; pretence, simulation; (also) ostentatious display. top and topgallant1593 top and topgallant, short for topsail and topgallant sail; hence figurative (also attributive); as adv. with all sail set, in full array or career. ruffle1609 Ostentatious bustle or display. rare. parado1621 Pomp, show, display, ostentation; = parade, n.1 2. riota1649 An instance or course of riotous living; esp. an act of noisy, wanton revelry; a riotous or unruly feast or revel. Formerly also: †an extravagant… flutter1667 Ostentatious display, fuss, sensation, show, stir. esp. in to make a (or their) flutter: to make a noise in the world. Obsolete. show1713 Ostentatious or pretentious display of wealth, status, etc. sprunk1746 A display of wealth or grandeur. to make a splash1804 colloquial. A striking or ostentatious display, appearance, or effect; something in the nature of a… In the phrases to make,or cut, a splash. show-off1811 The action or an act of showing off (to show off 3b at show, v. phrasal verbs 1); an ostentatious, grandiose, or specious display of skill, finery… paraffle1816 An ostentatious display. shine1819 figurative. A brilliant display, a ‘dash’. to cut (make) a shine. splurge1828 An ostentatious display or effort. Also in to cut a splurge, to make an ostentatious display. gaud1831 singular. Idle display; showy ceremony. spludge1831 A ‘splurge’ or ostentatious display; to cut a spludge = to cut a splurge at splurge, n. 1a. poppy-show1860 U.S. regional and Caribbean. A ridiculous or ostentatious display; foolishness, nonsense; (also) a fool, a figure of fun. razzle1885 = razzle-dazzle, n. 1. Flashy or showy action, of a sort which dazzles, confuses, or causes a commotion, esp. as a ploy to distract or deceive… razzmatazz1917 Vigour; energy, excitement; (hence) ostentatious, showy, or dazzling display; an instance of this. Cf. jazz, n. 1 razzle-dazzle, n. 1. foofaraw1933 Ostentation. Also: fuss; commotion, uproar; = brouhaha, n. showbiz1970 The idealized qualities characteristic of or associated with show business; glamour, glitz. glitz1977 an extravagant but superficial display; showiness, ostentation, esp. show-business glamour or sparkle. Subcategories:— official (3) — more ostentatious display (8) |
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