Ostentatious

Adjective

 * 1) Of ostentation.
 * 2) Intended to attract notice.
 * 3) Of tawdry display; kitsch.

Derived terms

 * ostensible
 * ostensive

Adverbs for Ostentatious
deliberately; significantly; purposely; sagaciously; impressively; absurdly; foolishly; egotistically; pompously; blatantly; noisily; arrogantly; dramatically; spectacularly; ridiculously; showily; ludicrously; cheaply; disgustingly; habitually.

Thesaurus
Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, ambitious, arabesque, baroque, bedizened, big-sounding, boastful, braggart, busy, chichi, classy, convoluted, declamatory, elaborate, elegant, elevated, euphuistic, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flaming, flash, flashy, flaunting, florid, flossy, flowery, frilly, fulsome, fussy, garish, gaudy, grandiloquent, grandiose, grandisonant, high-flowing, high-flown, high-flying, high-sounding, high-toned, high-wrought, highfalutin, highfaluting, inkhorn, labored, labyrinthine, lexiphanic, lofty, lurid, luxuriant, luxurious, magniloquent, meretricious, moresque, ornate, orotund, overdone, overelaborate, overelegant, overinvolved, overlabored, overworked, overwrought, peacockish, peacocky, pedantic, picturesque, pompous, pretentious, pretty-pretty, rhetorical, rich, rococo, sensational, sensationalistic, sententious, showy, sonorous, splashy, stilted, swank, tall, theatrical, tony, tortuous, vain, vainglorious, vaunting

Etymology
Originated 1650–60; ostentation+-ious.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, , mahtaileva
 * French:
 * French:


 * Romanian:, provocator , ostentațios
 * Slovak: ostentatívny, vystatovačný, vypínavý
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: అట్టహాసము


 * Chinese:


 * Finnish: huomiotaherättävä, provokatiivinen
 * Romanian: provocator


 * Chinese:


 * Finnish: mauton, kitsahtava