ostentatious+display

  • 21ostentatious — adjective Date: 1673 marked by or fond of conspicuous or vainglorious and sometimes pretentious display Synonyms: see showy • ostentatiously adverb • ostentatiousness noun …

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  • 22display — dis·play || dɪ spleɪ n. presentation; show; screen; monitor (Computers); exposure; exhibition; attractive arrangement of products (in a store) v. put out for others to see, show, exhibit; reveal; show in an ostentatious manner …

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  • 23ostentatious — [ˌɒstɛn teɪʃəs] adjective characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress. Derivatives ostentatiously adverb ostentatiousness noun …

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  • 24ostentatious — a. 1. Boastful, vain, showy, dashing, flaunting, pompous, vain glorious, fond of display, pretentious. 2. Showy, gaudy …

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  • 25flash — /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.… …

  • 26flash — flashingly, adv. /flash/, n. 1. a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning. 2. a sudden, brief outburst or display of joy, wit, etc. 3. a very brief moment; instant: I ll be back in a flash. 4. Informal. flashlight (def. 1). 5.… …

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  • 27show — showable, adj. showless, adj. /shoh/, v., showed, shown or showed, showing, n. v.t. 1. to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display. 2. to present or perform as a public entertainment or spectacle: to show a movie. 3. to indicate; point out: to …

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  • 28grandiose — 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… …

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  • 29show — [[t]ʃoʊ[/t]] v. showed, shown showed, show•ing, 1) to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display 2) sbz to present or perform as a public entertainment or spectacle: to show a movie[/ex] 3) to indicate; point out: to show the way[/ex] 4) to… …

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  • 30flash — I. verb Etymology: Middle English flaschen, of imitative origin Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. rush, dash used of flowing water 2. to break forth in or like a sudden flame or flare 3. a. to appear suddenly < an idea flash …

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