ostentatious

pronunciation

How to pronounce ostentatious in British English: UK [ˌɒstenˈteɪʃəs]word uk audio image

How to pronounce ostentatious in American English: US [ˌɑstenˈteɪʃəs] word us audio image

  • Adjective:
    intended to attract notice and impress others
    of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

Word Origin

ostentatious (adj.)
1701, from ostentation + -ous. Earlier in a similar sense were ostentative (c. 1600); ostentive (1590s). Related: Ostentatiously; ostentatiousness (1650s).

Example

1. For the most ostentatious chinese consumers like to shop abroad .
2. In china , the glitterati often shun ostentatious displays of wealth because they fear triggering resentment from the masses .
3. While this might seem slightly at odds with the ostentatious image for which las vegas is more commonly known , it says a lot about the contrasts inherent in mr murren .
4. In fact , russia has become so important to luxury brands that one of the more popular critical slights is to say of a collection that it " looks as if it is aimed at the russian market " , meaning it is too ostentatious .
5. Nonetheless , says joanna kupis , managing director of quintessentially 's estates property division , big spenders are trying to be less ostentatious .

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