The Lord Keeper only received society out of policy or ostentation, and was by nature rather reserved and unsociable.
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Ostentation
/ˌɒstənˈteɪʃən/
Synonyms for "ostentation" (238 found)
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expositionexposurefacadefacefakeryfakingfalse airfalse frontfalse showfalsityfancinessfeigningfeintfinenessflagranceflagrancyflamboyanceflashinessflatulenceflatulency
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Noun(37 words)
macrologiesopulenceostentatiousnesspageantpageantryparadeparadesparadingpizazzpompositypranceprancingpretensionspretentiousnesspronkpuffinessrazzleshowshowboatshowboating
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showiness in designshowmanshipshowoffshowoffsshowy actsplashinessstruttingswaggerswaggeringswankswanksswashtusheryvanityvauntvauntingvaunts
magniloquencemasquerademere rhetoricmeretriciousnessmoresquenoticeabilitynotorietynotoriousnessobtrusivenessopeningorotundityostentatious complexityoutstandingnessoutward showoverelaboratenessovereleganceoverornamentationparadeperformanceplatitudinous ponderosity
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playactingpolysyllabic profunditypompositypompous prolixitypompousnesspontificationposeposingposturepresentationpresentmentpretencepretensepretensionpretentiousnesspretextproductionprojectionprominencepronouncednessprose run madrepresentationretrospectiverhetoricrhetoricalnessrichnessrococosaliencesaliencyseemingsemblancesensationalismsententiousnessshamshowshowinessshowingsimulacrumsimulationspeciousnessstiltednessstrikingnessstrong reliefswaggerswelling utteranceswollen phraseswollennesstall talktortuositytortuousnesstumiditytumidnessturgescenceturgidityunfoldingunfoldmentunveilingvarnishvarnishing dayvernissagewindow dressing
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5 entriesgrand ostentationostentation in publicostentation of wealthreligious ostentationsocial ostentation
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In English, a group of peacocks can be called "an ostentation of peacocks"!
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Tom did it all with characteristic ostentation.
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Sir Henry had consumed his substance in ostentation and riotous hospitality—had fed many at his board, made many merry in his halls, but not a friend was in his house of mourning; the very retainers who had grown rich upon his ruin, seemed to deem the burial of their master but a signal for carousing and license.
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