What is the meaning of the word 'ostentatious'

ostentatious - showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention


Some sentence examples which use the word 'ostentatious'

  • She dresses in a very ostentatious manner.
  • 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."
  • His ostentatious hatred of the revolutionary parties marked him out as the natural object for these accusations.
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