All ostentatious synonyms
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O o adjective ostentatious
- flashy — sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- showy — making an imposing display: showy flowers.
- brazen — If you describe a person or their behaviour as brazen, you mean that they are very bold and do not care what other people think about them or their behaviour.
- flamboyant — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- classy — If you describe someone or something as classy, you mean they are stylish and sophisticated.
- conspicuous — If someone or something is conspicuous, people can see or notice them very easily.
- extravagant — Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.
- garish — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- gaudy — brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
- glittery — glittering; sparkling.
- jaunty — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
- splashy — making a splash or splashes.
- swank — dashing smartness, as in dress or appearance; style.
- boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- chichi — If you say that something is chichi, you mean that it is pretty or stylish, especially in a way that you consider affected.
- crass — Crass behaviour is stupid and does not show consideration for other people.
- dashing — A dashing person or thing is very stylish and attractive.
- egotistic — Egotistical.
- exhibitionistic — Having a tendency toward exhibitionism.
- flatulent — generating gas in the alimentary canal, as food.
- flaunted — to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
- fussy — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- gay — of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple. Antonyms: straight.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- loud — (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
- obtrusive — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- pompous — characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
- spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- splurge — to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, especially a costly one: They splurged on a trip to Europe.
- sporty — flashy; showy.
- swanky — elegant or ostentatious; swank.
- theatrical — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
- tinsel — a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tony — high-toned; stylish: a tony nightclub.
- uptown — to, toward, or in the upper part of a town or city: He rode uptown on the bus.
- vain — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- vulgar — characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste: vulgar ostentation.
noun ostentatious
- kitsch — something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste.