ostentation
Definitions of ostentation
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the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)synonyms: aura, beauté, charme, magnificencetype of:beautéthe qualities that give pleasure to the senses
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lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanitysynonyms: emphase, suffisancetype of:inélégancethe quality of lacking refinement and good taste
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pretentious or showy or vulgar displaysynonyms: apparattype of:dissimulation, faux semblant, prétentionthe quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
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