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UK
/ˌɒstəntˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌɔstɛnˈteɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɔstɛnˈteɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a gaudy outward display
- lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- pretentious or showy or vulgar display
How To Use ostentation In A Sentence
- Unusually for a hotel of such quality, Pool House is run almost entirely by the charming owner family, and without a hint of ostentation.
- Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation.
- Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation.
- You'll see a painted winder there which that 'Umpage got put up to his aunt -- that's his ostentation, that is. The Giant's Robe
- His dream project is a monumental display of force and ostentation that has precious little value as a piece of drama or popular history.
- For further evidence, tour the purlieus of your state Capitol, contrasting the vulgar ostentation on the marbled side of the street with the squalid reality on the living side.
- John Calvin's faith offers predestined salvation for a lucky few and requires adherents to work hard and shun ostentation.
- I found him kind and benignant in the domestic circle, revered and beloved by all around him, agreeably social, without ostentation.
- The pomposity and ostentation of the rich seems to heighten the sense of our ultimate worthlessness.
- Wildside Siding $3 per square foot; wild side camo. com For those who still have money to spend, ostentation is out. The Best New Gun Gear at the 2009 SHOT Show
