ostentatious
/ˌɒs.tɛnˈteɪ.ʃəs/
ostentatious adjective: of ostentation.
Adjective
ostentatious (comparative more ostentatious, superlative most ostentatious)
- Of ostentation.
- Intended to attract notice.
- Over the course of the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has drawn several “red lines” – with ostentatious references to Russia’s huge strategic nuclear arsenal – only to seemingly do nothing when these lines are crossed by Ukraine or its Western backers.2024 September 19, Fred Weir, “Why Putin’s nuclear saber-rattling on Ukraine sounds different this time”, in The Christian Science Monitor
- Of tawdry display; kitsch.
- Synonyms:
- gaudy, pretentious
ostentatious meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
ostentatious in Hindi
- of ostentation
- आडंबरी āḍambrī
- intended to attract notice
- आडंबरी āḍambrī
ostentatious in Urdu
- ظاہردار
ostentatious in Telugu
- of ostentation
- అట్టహాసము aṭṭahāsamu
ostentatious in Malayalam
- കേവലം പ്രകടനാത്മകമായ, പൊങ്ങച്ചം കാട്ടുന്ന, ആഡംബരപരമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- ostentatious in Kannada
- ಆಡಂಬರದ, ಡಂಭಾಚಾರದ
- ostentatious in Vietnamese
- phô trương, khoe khoang
Synonyms of ostentatious
Forms of ostentatious
| comparative | more ostentatious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ostentatious |
Origin of ostentatious
Originated 1590; from Latin ostentātus + -ious.
Words formed from ostentatious
Words that rhyme with ostentatious
- gracious
- sequacious
- tenacious
- vexatious
- hellacious
- herbaceous
- rapacious
- sebaceous
- vinaceous
- vivacious
- -aceous
- acanthaceous
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- alsinaceous
- audacious
- capacious
- contumacious
- cretaceous
- fallacious
- farinaceous
- flirtatious
- inefficacious
- juglandaceous
- mendacious
- micaceous
- orchidaceous
- perspicacious
- pertinacious
- salacious
- saponaceous
- spacious
- strobilaceous
- veracious
- voracious
- Acacius
- acinaceous
- alliaceous
- amentaceous
- amylaceous
- annonaceous
- apocynaceous
- argillaceous
- atramentaceous
- avenaceous
- bardacious
- bulbaceous
- camphoraceous
- camphrous
- carbonaceous
- cetaceous
- cucurbitaceous
- curvaceous
- dicacious
- edacious
- efficacious
- erinaceous
- fabaceous
- frumentaceous
- lamentacious
- lauraceous
- liliaceous
Questions about ostentatious
- What does ostentatious mean?
- Ostentatious means of ostentation.
- What is ostentatious in Hindi?
- Ostentatious in Hindi is आडंबरी (āḍambrī). See Ostentatious meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ostentatious?
- Ostentatious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ostentatious?
- Ostentatious is pronounced /ˌɒs.tɛnˈteɪ.ʃəs/ (US).
Words near ostentatious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ostentatious (page history and authors); ostentatious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ostentatious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ostentatious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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