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[ adjective ] intended to attract notice and impress others
Synonyms Examples "an ostentatious sable coat" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)This dinner was the start of a new blatancy in the relationship between the gangs and the politicians , which , prior to 1924 , says Pasley , `` had been maintained with more_or_less stealth '' , but which henceforth was marked by these ostentatious gatherings , denounced by a clergyman as `` Belshazzar feasts '' , at which `` politicians fraternized cheek_by_jowl with gangsters , openly , in the big downtown hotels '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of a display that is tawdry or vulgar
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