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Ostentation

//ˌɒstənˈteɪʃən//

Synonyms for "ostentation" (185 found)

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Informal (13)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

color gilt swagger posing

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, phrase, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(2 words)

varnish masquerade

Noun, slang(1 words)

General use (172)

Noun(111 words)

show flash representation production projection parade pompousness performance presentation semblance exposure appearance inflation exposition simulacrum elegance affectation delusion deception pretense

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facade prominence falsity convolution fanfare sensationalism simulation presentment gaudiness richness window dressing imposture pomp enactment embellishment flatulence pomposity speciousness notoriety exhibitionism big talk fineness grandiloquence boldness dissemblance flamboyance meretriciousness pretence loftiness pageantry dissimulation fakery salience luxuriance humbuggery bedizenment turgidity elaborateness tortuosity blatancy luxuriousness unfoldment boasting fulsomeness turgescence tumidity pretentiousness luridness chinoiserie obtrusiveness conspicuousness tortuousness floridity swollenness vaunting stiltedness grandiosity garishness showiness flatulency flashiness notoriousness floridness puffiness high relief tumidness vernissage magniloquence orotundity flagrancy varnishing day lexiphanicism outstandingness floweriness sententiousness saliency pontification overelegance ostentatiousness inflatedness strikingness noticeability grandioseness rhetoricalness Barnumism baroqueness splashiness fanciness overelaborateness flagrance pronouncedness

Noun, verb(24 words)

gloss flourish display parade pose posture fraud disguise exhibit frill pretension showing arabesque pretext glitter exhibition unfolding playacting unveiling bluffing

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feigning faking dissembling attitudinizing

Adj, noun, verb(8 words)

opening coloring glare seeming feint acting flaunting cheating

Name, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun(1 words)

Adj, noun(4 words)

rhetoric rococo retrospective moresque

false front false show outward show tall talk false air mere rhetoric high-flown diction ostentatious complexity platitudinous ponderosity polysyllabic profundity pompous prolixity prose run mad swelling utterance swollen phrase arrantness overornamentation strong relief

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Verb(1 words)

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