ostentatious+display

  • 1display — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 arrangement of things ADJECTIVE ▪ attractive, beautiful, colourful/colorful, dazzling, excellent, fine, good, interesting, stunning …

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  • 2ostentatious — os|ten|ta|tious [ˌɔstənˈteıʃəs, ten US ˌa: ] adj 1.) something that is ostentatious looks very expensive and is designed to make people think that its owner must be very rich ▪ She carried her car keys on an ostentatious gold key ring. ▪ an… …

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  • 3ostentatious — os|ten|ta|tious [ ,asten teıʃəs ] adjective 1. ) intended to impress people or attract their admiration, in a way that you think is extreme and unnecessary: an ostentatious display of wealth 2. ) always trying to impress people with how rich,… …

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  • 4ostentatious — UK [ˌɒstenˈteɪʃəs] / US [ˌɑstenˈteɪʃəs] adjective showing disapproval 1) intended to impress people or attract their admiration, in a way that you think is extreme and unnecessary an ostentatious display of wealth 2) always trying to impress… …

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  • 5ostentatious — adjective an ostentatious display of wealth Syn: showy, pretentious, conspicuous, flamboyant, gaudy, brash, vulgar, loud, extravagant, fancy, ornate, overelaborate; informal flash, flashy, splashy, over the top, glitzy, ritzy, superfly …

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  • 6ostentatious — [ˌɒstenˈteɪʃəs] adj showing disapproval intended to impress people an ostentatious display of wealth[/ex] ostentation noun [U] ostentatiously adv …

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  • 7display — vb exhibit, *show, expose, parade, flaunt Analogous words: manifest, evidence, evince, demonstrate, *show: *reveal, disclose, discover Contrasted words: *disguise, cloak, mask, dissemble, camouflage: *hide, conceal, secrete …

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  • 8Display — Dis*play , n. 1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation. [1913 Webster] Having witnessed displays of his power and grace. Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade. [1913 Webster] He died, as erring… …

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  • 9display device — Display Dis*play , n. 1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation. [1913 Webster] Having witnessed displays of his power and grace. Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade. [1913 Webster] He died, as… …

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  • 10display — I n. 1) to make, put on a display (to make a vulgar display of one s wealth) 2) a dazzling, imposing, impressive; lavish, ostentatious; modest; public; spectacular display (to make a public display of grief; to put on a dazzling display of one s… …

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