The Lord Keeper only received society out of policy or ostentation, and was by nature rather reserved and unsociable.
Source: tatoeba (7752223)
Ostentation
//ˌɒstənˈteɪʃən//
Synonyms for "ostentation" (191 found)
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eleganceembellishmentenactmentexhibitexhibitionexhibitionismexpositionexposurefacadefacefakeryfakingfalse airfalse frontfalse showfalsityfancinessfeigningfeintfineness
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flagranceflagrancyflamboyanceflashinessflatulenceflatulencyflauntingfloridityfloridnessflourishflowerinessfour-flushingfraudfrillfrontfulsomenessgarishnessgaudinessgiltglareglitterglossgrandiloquencegrandiosenessgrandiosityhigh reliefhigh-flown dictionhumbughumbuggeryimpostureinflatednessinflationlexiphanicism
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loftinessluridnessluxurianceluxuriousnessmagniloquencemasquerademere rhetoricmeretriciousnessmoresquenoticeabilitynotorietynotoriousnessobtrusivenessopeningorotundityostentatious complexityoutstandingnessoutward showoverelaboratenessoverelegance
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overornamentationpageantryperformanceplatitudinous ponderosityplayactingpolysyllabic profunditypomppompositypompous prolixitypontificationposeposingposturepresentationpresentmentpretencepretensepretensionpretentiousnesspretextproductionprojectionprominencepronouncednessprose run madrepresentationretrospectiverhetoricrhetoricalnessrichnessrococosaliencesaliencyseemingsemblancesensationalismsententiousnessshamshowingsimulacrumsimulationspeciousnessstiltednessstrikingnessstrong reliefswaggerswelling utteranceswollen phraseswollennesstall talktortuositytortuousnesstumiditytumidnessturgescenceturgidityunfoldingunfoldmentunveilingvarnishvarnishing dayvauntingvernissagewindow dressing
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44 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- показност noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
- спектакъл noun (show or spectacle)
Catalan
1 entries- ostentació noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Czech
1 entries- okázalost noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Dutch
4 entries- aanstellerij noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
- show noun (show or spectacle)
- spektakel noun (show or spectacle)
- uitsloverij noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Finnish
3 entries- näytelmä noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
- näytös noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
- näytös noun (show or spectacle)
French
2 entries- ostentation noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
- spectacle noun (show or spectacle)
Galician
1 entries- ostentación noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
German
4 entries- Darbietung noun (show or spectacle)
- Gepränge noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
- Ostentation noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
- Pomp noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Greek
2 entries- επίδειξη noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
- θέαμα noun (show or spectacle)
Hindi
1 entries- आडंबर noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Hungarian
1 entries- kérkedés noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Irish
1 entries- mustar noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Kapampangan
1 entries- pamagpakit-gilas noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Ladino
2 entries- fiaka noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
- saltanat noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Māori
1 entries- hahakitanga noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Polish
1 entries- ostentacja noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Romanian
1 entries- ostentație noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Russian
4 entries- выставление напоказ noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
- демонстра́ция noun (show or spectacle)
- показное проявле́ние noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
- помпа noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Tagalog
2 entries- pagpapakitang-gilas noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
- pakitang-gilas noun (display of excessive show in an attempt to impress others)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
In English, a group of peacocks can be called "an ostentation of peacocks"!
Source: tatoeba (11514280)
Tom did it all with characteristic ostentation.
Source: tatoeba (12338118)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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