HyperDic: ostentatiousness

English > 1 sense of the word ostentatiousness:
NOUNattributeostentatiousness, ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflationlack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
English > ostentatiousness: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaninglack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.
Synonymsostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation
BroaderineleganceThe quality of lacking refinement and good taste
Spanishampulosidad, aparatosidad, ostentación, pomposidad, rimbombancia
Catalanaltisonància, ampul·lositat, aparatositat, grandiloqüència, ostentació, pompositat
Adjectivesostentatiousintended to attract notice and impress others
ostentatious(of a display) tawdry or vulgar

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