Antonyms for ostentation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : os-ten-tey-shuhn, -tuhn-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒs tɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -tən-

Definition of ostentation

Origin : mid-15c., from Old French ostentacion (mid-14c.) and directly from Latin ostentationem (nominative ostentatio) "showing, exhibition, vain display," noun of action from past participle stem of ostentare "to display," frequentative of ostendere "to show" (see ostensible).

noun exhibitionism, flashiness

Example sentences :

Reflecting, by your ostentation, upon all the ladies in the county, who do not as you do.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

For myself, I must say that I like absence of all ostentation.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

In Spain, it is celebrated with all the pomp and ostentation imaginable.
Extract from : « Roman Catholicism in Spain » by Anonymous

This was no time, he remarked, for publicity and ostentation.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

The man nearest him, combing his beard with ostentation, burst into a laugh.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

In such isolation there is no rivalry of ostentation, and men care only to live.
Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland

Clarence slipped out of the stage and entered the bar-room with some ostentation.
Extract from : « A Waif of the Plains » by Bret Harte

That was the only ostentation about him, and his quiet, well-cut clothes were in good taste.
Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest

He had a singular abhorrence of luxury, waste, and ostentation.
Extract from : « Captains of Industry » by James Parton

There was no ostentation or superciliousness about Mrs. Washington.
Extract from : « Stories of New Jersey » by Frank Richard Stockton

Synonyms for ostentation

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