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ostentatiousos‧ten‧ta‧tious /ˌɒstənˈteɪʃəs◂, -ten- $ ˌɑː-/ adjective   - a big, ostentatious engagement ring
- an ostentatious lifestyle
- I thought of framing the letter, but that would be ostentatious.
- Stretch limousines were an ostentatious symbol of wealth in the '80s.
- They built themselves huge, ostentatious houses.
- Janir chose skiing, which like so many sports was laced with posturing and attitude and ostentatious display.
- New Yorkers drank too much, entertained too lavishly, and were ostentatious and wasteful with money.
- Sean Scully is one senior abstract painter whose work is both personal and ostentatious.
- She cobbled together a rough draft and then rewrote it, trying to remove the more ostentatious signs of plagiarism.
- The Fromes were certainly among the smartest parents present that evening, though in no ostentatious way.
- The most ostentatious team in professional sports made the decision to play football and let the histrionics take care of themselves.
- The plantation-style home is comfortable, not ostentatious, furnishings a rustic combination of flea market antiques and Storehouse chic.
behaving in a way that makes people notice you► flamboyant someone who is flamboyant behaves, performs, or dresses in an extremely confident, and often unusual way that makes other people notice them: · He is one of football's most flamboyant characters.· a flamboyant French businessman· a young woman in flamboyant clothes ► dramatic if you do something in a dramatic way, you do it in a loud or noticeable way that is intended to get people's attention: · She raised her hands in a dramatic gesture of despair.· Rumpole produced the evidence with a dramatic flourish.· Rosa made a dramatic entrance into the room, wearing a tiny red dress. ► ostentatious doing things or buying things only in order to show people that you have a lot of money or because you want them to admire you or be jealous of you: · I thought of framing the letter, but that would be ostentatious.· They built themselves huge, ostentatious houses. ► flashy someone who is flashy likes to show off about how much money or how many expensive things they have - use this when you do not approve of someone who does this: · a flashy young businessman ► pretentious doing something in a way that is intended to show how artistic or well-educated you are, in order to make people admire you - used to show disapproval: · I found Susie unbearably pretentious.· He has a pretentious style of writing, using four very difficult words where one simple one would do. 1something that is ostentatious looks very expensive and is designed to make people think that its owner must be very rich:  She carried her car keys on an ostentatious gold key ring. an ostentatious display of wealth2someone who is ostentatious likes to show everyone how rich they are: He was vain and ostentatious.—ostentatiously adverb |