OSTENTATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does ostentation mean?
• OSTENTATION (noun)
The noun OSTENTATION has 3 senses:
1. a gaudy outward display
2. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
3. pretentious or showy or vulgar display
Familiarity information: OSTENTATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• OSTENTATION (noun)
Meaning:
A gaudy outward display
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
fanfare; ostentation; flash
Hypernyms ("ostentation" is a kind of...):
display (exhibiting openly in public view)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ostentation"):
bluster; bravado (a swaggering show of courage)
exhibitionism (extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself)
ritz (ostentatious display of elegance)
splurge (an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.))
pedantry (an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning)
Meaning:
Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
splashiness; pretentiousness; pompousness; pomposity; ostentatiousness; ostentation; puffiness; inflation
Hypernyms ("ostentation" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Meaning:
Pretentious or showy or vulgar display
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ostentation" is a kind of...):
largeness; pretension; pretentiousness (the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth))
