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meretricious

(,m/E/r/I/'tr/i//S//@/s )

adjective (a)

like or relating to a prostitute(adj.pert)

Example:
Meretricious relationships.

source: wordnet30
Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.(adjective)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

tastelessly showy(adj.all)

Example:
A meretricious yet stylish book.

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

source: wordnet30
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing(adj.all)

Example:
Meretricious praise.
A meretricious argument.

Synonym:
gilded, specious

source: wordnet30

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