English to English
ostentation
(,/A/st/E/n't/eI//S//@/n
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noun (n)
a gaudy outward display(noun.communication)
source: wordnet30
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity(noun.attribute)
source: wordnet30
pretentious or showy or vulgar display(noun.attribute)
source: wordnet30
The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.(noun)
source: webster1913