1 (disapproving) expensive or noticeable in a way that is intended to impress people:
ostentatious gold jewellery
2 (disapproving) behaving in a way that is meant to impress people by showing how rich, important, etc. you are
3 (of an action) done in a very obvious way so that people will notice it:
He gave an ostentatious yawn.
ostentatiously adverb:
ostentatiously dressed
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is ostentatious a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, ostentatious is tagged as adjective.
Does ostentatious appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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