ostentatious
31Ostentatiousness — Ostentatious Os ten*ta tious, a. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful. [1913 Webster] Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. Dryden. [1913 Webster] The ostentatious professions of many years.… …
32flash as a rat with a gold tooth — Ostentatious, showy and a bit too flashily dressed. This phrase is used only of a man, and implies that although he may be well dressed and well groomed, there is also something a bit dodgy about him. In spite of a superficial smartness, he is… …
33French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools — The French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools bans wearing conspicuous religious symbols in French public (i.e. government operated) primary and secondary schools. The law is an amendment to the French Code of… …
34flash — /flæʃ / (say flash) noun 1. a sudden, transitory outburst of flame or light: a flash of lightning. 2. a sudden, brief outburst or display of joy, wit, etc. 3. the time occupied by a flash of light; an instant: to take a flash to prepare. 4.… …
35showy — showy, pretentious, ostentatious can mean making or presenting an outward display that is by implication greater than what is necessary or justifiable. Showy, the ordinary term, carries less definite implications than the other words. It implies… …
36grandiose — grandiosely, adv. grandioseness, grandiosity /gran dee os i tee/, n. /gran dee ohs /, adj. 1. affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words. 2. more complicated or elaborate than necessary; overblown: a grandiose scheme. 3. grand in an… …
37flamboyant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. extravagant, showy, ostentatious; pompous, strutting, high flown, grandiloquent, splendiferous (inf.). See ostentation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Showy] Syn. colorful, ostentatious, florid, flashy; …
38parade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. show, display, pageant[ry]; march, procession; ostentation, pretension. v. show, display; march; air, vent; flaunt, show off. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A procession] Syn. march, spectacle, ceremony,… …
39showy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. conspicuous, colorful; ornate, florid, flashy, gaudy, pretentious, ostentatious, imposing. See color, vulgarity, ostentation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. flashy, glaring, gaudy, flamboyant,… …
40pretentious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. gaudy, ostentatious, conspicuous; see affected 2 , ornate 1 , pompous . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [pree TEN shus] putting on airs, especially of importance or grand ness, ostentatious. They were …
