ostentatious (a)
pretentious#4 (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def intended to attract notice and impress others
examples an ostentatious sable coat
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Derivationally related form pretentious → pretentiousness
Derivationally related form ostentatious → ostentation; ostentatious → ostentation
Derivationally related form ostentatious → ostentatiousness
Antonym ostentatious → unostentatious
Similar to flaunty; flamboyant, showy, splashy
Incoming links
Similar to flaunty; flamboyant, showy, splashy
Antonym unostentatious → ostentatious
Derived from adjective ostentatiously → ostentatious
Derivationally related form ostentation → ostentatious; ostentation → ostentatious
Derivationally related form pretentiousness → pretentious
Derivationally related form ostentatiousness → ostentatious

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