adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a big, ostentatious engagement ring
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an ostentatious lifestyle
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I thought of framing the letter, but that would be ostentatious .
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Stretch limousines were an ostentatious symbol of wealth in the '80s.
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They built themselves huge, ostentatious houses.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Janir chose skiing, which like so many sports was laced with posturing and attitude and ostentatious display.
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New Yorkers drank too much, entertained too lavishly, and were ostentatious and wasteful with money.
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Sean Scully is one senior abstract painter whose work is both personal and ostentatious .
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She cobbled together a rough draft and then rewrote it, trying to remove the more ostentatious signs of plagiarism.
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The Fromes were certainly among the smartest parents present that evening, though in no ostentatious way.
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The most ostentatious team in professional sports made the decision to play football and let the histrionics take care of themselves.
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The plantation-style home is comfortable, not ostentatious , furnishings a rustic combination of flea market antiques and Storehouse chic.