Ostentatious

Osˊten-ta′tious

,

Adj.

Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.

Far from being

ostentatious

of the good you do.

Dryden.

The

ostentatious

professions of many years.

Macaulay.

–

Osˊten-ta′tious-ly

,

adv.

–

Osˊten-ta′tious-ness

,

Noun.

Ostentatious

OSTENTA'TIOUS

,

Adj.

1.

Making a display from vanity; boastful; fond of presenting one's endowments or works to others in an advantageous light.

Your modesty is so far from being ostentatious of the good you do -

2.

Showy; gaudy; intended for vain display; as ostentatious ornaments.

ostentatious

English

Adjective

ostentatious ‎(comparative more ostentatious, superlative most ostentatious)

Of ostentation.
Intended to attract notice.
Of tawdry display; kitsch.

Synonyms

(tawdry): Wikisaurus:gaudy

Derived terms

Translations

of ostentation

Catalan: ostentós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浮華 (zh), 浮华 (zh) ‎(fúhuá, fúhua), 闊綽 (zh), 阔绰 (zh) ‎(kuòchuò)
Czech: okázalý m, ostentativní
Esperanto: parada
Finnish: ylitsevuotava, liiallinen, mahtaileva, pramea (fi)
French: ostentatoire (fr)
German: protzig
Greek: επιδεικτικός (el) m ‎(epideiktikós)
Italian: ostentato (it)

Japanese: けばけばしい (ja) ‎(kebakebashii), 派手な ‎(はでな, hade na)
Maori: hahaki
Polish: ostentacyjny (pl)
Portuguese: ostentatório
Romanian: ostentativ (ro) m, n, provocator (ro) m, n, ostentațios m, n
Russian: показно́й (ru) ‎(pokaznój), нарочи́тый (ru) ‎(naročítyj), хвастли́вый (ru) ‎(xvastlívyj), вне́шний (ru) ‎(vnéšnij) (superficial, external)
Slovak: ostentatívny, vystatovačný, vypínavý
Spanish: ostentoso (es)
Telugu: అట్టహాసము (te) ‎(aṭṭahāsamu)

intended to attract notice

Amharic: ሆኖም አሸብርቀው ‎(honomi āshebirik’ewi)
Catalan: ostentós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 炫耀的
Czech: provokativní (cs)
Esperanto: provoka, altira, alloga
Finnish: huomiotaherättävä (fi), provokatiivinen
German: aufmerksamkeitheischend
Greek: επιδεικτικός (el) m ‎(epideiktikós), προκλητικός (el) m ‎(proklitikós)
Italian: provocante (it), provocatore (it)
Japanese: 派手な ‎(hadena), 麗々しい ‎(reireishī), 看板倒れ ‎(kanbandaore)

Maori: hahaki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: prangende
Polish: ostentacyjny (pl)
Portuguese: ostentoso (pt) m
Romanian: provocator (ro) m, n
Russian: показно́й (ru) ‎(pokaznój)
Spanish: ostentoso (es) m
Uzbek: o'rnak bo'ladigan
Vietnamese: phô trương (vi), khoe khoang (vi)
Welsh: rhwysgfawr, rodresgar, rwysgfawr, rhodresgar (cy)

of tawdry display

Chinese:
Mandarin: 財大氣粗 (zh) ‎(cáidàqìcū)
Esperanto: paradeca, pavuma
Finnish: mauton (fi), pramea (fi), kitsahtava

Greek: φανταχτερός (el) m ‎(fantachterós)
Italian: ostentato (it)
Portuguese: espalhafatoso (pt) m
Romanian: împopoțonat (ro), țipător (ro)

References

“ostentatious” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
“ostentatious” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
"ostentatious" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

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