ostentatious
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definition
adjective
books that people buy and display ostentatiously but never actually finish
characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice.
example
While we do not insist on you taking to the streets on a bicycle, we do encourage a less 'ostentatious' lifestyle.
His way of life may seem a bit 'ostentatious' , but his energy and enthusiasm is infectious, and there is nothing snobbish or affected about him.
For those who spend down their wealth on a lavish and 'ostentatious' lifestyle, there is no tax.
But there are few cases of 'ostentatious' opulence amid the poverty.
Civilised behaviour is the key to appearing middle class, so don't binge drink, never swear and don't do anything 'ostentatious' .
Hat designer Tracy Rose, 42, renowned for her 'ostentatious' hats on Ladies' Day, was also attired in a weather theme.
Buying an island seems the pinnacle of 'ostentatious' extravagance.
Hey you - people in love, do you have to be so 'ostentatious' about it?
It's gaudy, it's 'ostentatious' , and it's exactly what one would expect from a rock star that thinks he's God.
She doesn't own a fleet of 'ostentatious' cars or a portfolio of grand homes.
There's no easy remedy, especially when 'ostentatious' teen role models portray money as no object.
The family are keen attenders at St Agnes Catholic Church, and Papa's piety is effortful and 'ostentatious' .
She wears an 'ostentatious' diamond ring and a pearl the size of a marble.
London at the time was a curious mixture of 'ostentatious' wealth hiding harrowing poverty.
The book was needlessly massive and it came in a choice of eight 'ostentatious' satin covers.
They contribute generously to village and family enterprises and avoid 'ostentatious' displays of affluence.
Instead, they show us a suite that would, perhaps, have been a little too 'ostentatious' for a spiritual leader.
Bernard rides around the town in an 'ostentatious' sports car and behaves like a cowardly bully.
He was a generous but not 'ostentatious' philanthropist; his private and family life was wholly conventional.
He was always smartly dressed but not in an 'ostentatious' way.
I shook my head again, glanced over my shoulder at the boys - they were all watching our exchange - and 'ostentatiously' leaned closer to the old woman.
They are 'ostentatiously' nonchalant, disinclined to become too involved, at least to begin with.
Of course some percentage of this represented authentic business and educational expense, but much of it was pure 'ostentatiousness' or ‘gallery’ as we are wont to describe in local parlance.
He is also an Olympian namedropper, 'ostentatiously' recounting how much Keith Richards enjoyed his company.
If we 'ostentatiously' display our Rolex watch, should we be held responsible when it is ripped from our wrist?
She pounces on an empty seat and gestures 'ostentatiously' to me that the one opposite is free.
Her 'ostentatiousness' is endearing, if you can swallow both the musical and vocal flourishes.
Perched high over the ocean, the modest homes spoke of a more reasonable society free from the 'ostentatiousness' of mainstream Hollywood.
Del Mar never grew to an unmanageable size or broad-avenued 'ostentatiousness' , because it couldn't.
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