ostentatious
pronunciation
How to pronounce ostentatious in British English:
UK [ˌɒstenˈteɪʃəs]
How to pronounce ostentatious in American English:
US [ˌɑstenˈteɪʃəs]
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- 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 .