ostentatious
adjective
characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others.
ostentatiousness
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a word derived from
ostentatious.
Example Sentences
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Chamberlain may have been more flamboyant, but Walton, in “Luckiest Guy,” is just as conscious of his affect — there’s an ostentatiousness, and no small amount of ego, in the way he performs modesty.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
Tutu had insisted there should be "no ostentatiousness or lavish spending" on the ceremony and that he be given "the cheapest available coffin".
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2022
“The archbishop was very clear on his wishes for his funeral. He wanted no ostentatiousness or lavish spending,” the Tutu trust said in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
In its CGI-lacquered ostentatiousness, this felt like a new high water mark for TV, a dragon roar of a challenge to competitors from showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss: “top that”.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2019
Whenever I have heard such sermons I have wanted to get up and stalk out of the church with ostentatiousness of contempt, as if to say to the preacher that his conduct did—not—meet—with—my—approval.
From The Delicious Vice by Young Ewing Allison
