Definitionadj. intended to attract notice and impress others
Last update: October 6, 2016
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She dresses in a very ostentatious manner. [noun]
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From the moment that he became primate of Ireland, Stone proved himself more a politician than an ecclesiastic. "He was said to have been selfish, worldly-minded, ambitious and ostentatious; and he was accused, though very probably falsely, of gross private vice." [adjective]
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His ostentatious hatred of the revolutionary parties marked him out as the natural object for these accusations. [adjective]
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Johnson says, "Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison." [adjective]
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From the moment that he became primate of Ireland, Stone proved himself more a politician than an ecclesiastic. "He was said to have been selfish, worldly-minded, ambitious and ostentatious; and he was accused, though very probably falsely, of gross private vice." [Please select]
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"How d'ye do, Helen," said Dick, with ostentatious cordiality.' [Please select]
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CHAPTER V VAL BEVERLEY The luncheon was so good as to be almost ostentatious. [Please select]
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"Oh, all right," he replied at last with ostentatious indifference. [Please select]
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Hurree Babu came out from behind the dovecote washing his teeth with ostentatious ritual. [Please select]
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