Thesaurus: ostentation

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1. n. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.
2. n. A show or spectacle.
3. n. a gaudy outward display
4. n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
5. n. pretentious or showy or vulgar display
6. 1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. "Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm." Milton. He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation. Atterbury. 2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.] Shak. Syn. -- Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting. See Parade.
7. n:100 n. a gaudy outward display n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity n. pretentious or showy or vulgar display