Definition of "ostentatious" []

• Characterized by or given to ostentation; pretentious. See Synonyms at showy. (adjective)

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• "After all, Swanson had practically invented the word ostentatious."
• "A dance performed in ostentatious costumes, usually representing characters from the Robin Hood tradition such as Maid Marian and Friar Tuck."
• "His long, stricken pause when she asks him to come up with another word for "ostentatious" is as funny as his fumbling answers: "Delicious?"