Synonyms for ostentation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : os-ten-tey-shuhn, -tuhn- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒs tɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -tən- |
Top 10 synonyms for ostentation Other synonyms for the word ostentation
- exhibition
- false front
- flamboyance
- flash
- flaunting
- flourish
- fuss
- garishness
- grandstand play
- magnificence
- pageant
- pageantry
- parade
- parading
- pomp
- pomposity
- pompousness
- pretending
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- put-on
- shine
- show
- showiness
- showing off
- showoff
- spectacle
- splendor
- splurge
- swagger
- swaggering
- swank
- vainglory
- vaunt
- vaunting
- window-dressing
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for ostentation
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