1
[ adjective ] tastelessly showy

Synonyms

gaudy cheap loud flashy tawdry tacky tatty garish trashy gimcrack flash brassy

Examples

"a flash car" "a flashy ring" "garish colors" "a gaudy costume" "loud sport shirts" "a meretricious yet stylish book" "tawdry ornaments"

Related terms

tasteless

2
[ adjective ] (archaic) like or relating to a prostitute

Examples

"meretricious relationships"

Related terms

archaism prostitute

3
[ adjective ] based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

Synonyms

specious gilded

Examples

"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility" "meretricious praise" "a meretricious argument"

Related terms

insincere

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