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as in loud
excessively showy
wears an ostentatious diamond ring on his little finger
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as in arrogant
self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance
an ostentatious man who desperately wants to impress people with his newly acquired wealth
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Recent Examples of ostentatious
Delle Deane’s empty seat still bore the signs of her: an overflowing Birkin bag—messy as Lindy kept her own handbag, though of course Adria would never dream of buying her daughter such an ostentatious thing.
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
Fiona Crombie’s production design gives the movie an imposing scale (with a Mar-a-Lago vulgarity in the ostentatious décor of the Marshalls’ quarters), though for a project shot by Darius Khondji and screened in IMAX, the visuals are nothing special.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
Milley publicly apologized for letting himself be pulled into Trump’s 2020 ostentatious walk across Lafayette Square, which had been forcibly cleared of peaceful protesters.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Some developers replaced country homes with ostentatious mansions that look out of place.
—Heather Knight, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
Fiona Crombie’s production design gives the movie an imposing scale (with a Mar-a-Lago vulgarity in the ostentatious décor of the Marshalls’ quarters), though for a project shot by Darius Khondji and screened in IMAX, the visuals are nothing special.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
Milley publicly apologized for letting himself be pulled into Trump’s 2020 ostentatious walk across Lafayette Square, which had been forcibly cleared of peaceful protesters.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Some developers replaced country homes with ostentatious mansions that look out of place.
—Heather Knight, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ostentatious
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At a festival where the moviegoers at Austin’s Paramount Theatre on Congress Avenue scream as loud as those at a Harry Styles concert, look for the Motion Picture Association to create waves.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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In the new court filing, phone records show Mortensen tried calling the other four roommates – but got no response – around the time when security camera from a residence close to the home picked up at 4:17 a.m. distorted audio of voices, a whimper, followed by a loud thud, and a barking dog.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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The actor has one daughter with ex-wife Melanie Griffith and has been dating his girlfriend Nicole Kimpel since 2014. 05 of 09 John Lithgow as Lord Farquaad The actor behind the arrogant Lord Farquaad boasts an impressive career that began decades before Shrek came out in 2001.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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Many members of its board appeared arrogant in the face of questions from the prosecutor or one of the lawyers.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Uniformity In Spectral Reflectance: Satellites that acquire images at the same hour and angle are inherently less noisy and therefore the computer vision models’ accuracies improve.—
Elizabeth Duffy,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Gas weed eaters have more power than electric or battery-powered weed eaters but are also much noisier.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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Interestingly, men in relationships with women high in grandiose narcissism reported lower satisfaction, as these women heightened their partners’ pressure to appear perfect.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, travel plans might be grandiose; ditto for ideas related to higher education, publishing, the media, medicine and the law.—
Georgia Nicols,
The Denver Post,
20 Feb. 2025
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While Gaudí’s extravagant creations, in particular, are perhaps too spectacular to miss, there is much beauty and history elsewhere in this millennia-old city.—
Coke Bartrina,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2025
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The sequel takes audiences from the idyllic suburbs of Connecticut to the glamorous backdrop of the Italian Riviera, where an extravagant wedding unravels into a murder mystery.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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In the cool interiors of this chic Parisian address though, savouring an aged Armagnac after lunch or dinner is not a pretentious throwback, but a gastronomic pleasure.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The restaurant is slightly more elevated than your classic casual spot but is far from pretentious.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2025
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Andy Enfield’s team needs a gaudy record to offset its lack of Q1 triumphs.—
Jim Root,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Did the Bears even have a defensive team meeting this week? Sure enough, Purdy went 2-for-5 against those man-to-man snaps, albeit for a gaudy 71 yards.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
9 Dec. 2024
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And every scene and song featuring the hilarious Eric Anderson as the pompous and preening Union Gen. George B. McClellan is a comic gem.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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Still, this adaptation of an O. Henry story tilts all its sympathies toward the outlaw hero the Cisco Kid (Warner Baxter, in a Best Actor–winning role) and away from the pompous white soldier charged with tracking him down.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Ostentatious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ostentatious. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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