Antonyms for ostentatious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : os-ten-tey-shuh s, -tuh n-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒs tɛnˈteɪ ʃəs, -tən-

Definition of ostentatious

Origin : 1701, from ostentation + -ous. Earlier in a similar sense were ostentative (c.1600); ostentive (1590s). Related: Ostentatiously; ostentatiousness (1650s).

adj flashy, showy

Example sentences :

"He just stopped me to say it's been the best year he ever had," she explained, with ostentatious vanity.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

“Force of personality,” he repeated, with ostentatious calm.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

"You ain't eat a thing," said he, with an ostentatious kindliness.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Miss Madden welcomed the diversion by rising with ostentatious vigour.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

The process of conversion was, for decency's sake, protracted and ostentatious.
Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott

There was an ostentatious pretension in the "get up" of this gentleman.
Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

"That's splendid," exclaimed Béla, with ostentatious gaiety.
Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Not that these were ostentatious—you thought more of the sweetness of the smile of which they were part.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

I was not in a position to be ostentatious, so I accepted his generous offer.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

He was ostentatious, Romilly says, of a total disbelief in the existence of a God.
Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley

Synonyms for ostentatious

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