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The meaning of OSTENTATIOUS is attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation. How to use ostentatious in a sentence.
Ostentatious means too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in different contexts.
characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser. (of actions, manner, qualities exhibited, etc.) intended to attract notice: Lady Bountiful's ostentatious charity.
No one wants to be described as ostentatious, a word whose cousins include pretentious, flamboyant, and gaudy. It originates from the Latin word ostentare, "to display," but in English it's often used for displays of the crass or vulgar sort.
Ostentatious means expensive and intended to impress people, or done in an exaggerated way to attract attention. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, examples, and usage in British and American English.
Ostentatious means showing your wealth or status in a way that is intended to impress people. It can also mean done in a very obvious way so that people will notice it. See pronunciation, synonyms and usage notes.
OSTENTATIOUS meaning: intended to attract attention or admiration, often by showing money or power: . Learn more.
