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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
The ostentatious patriarch, 56, and his 52-year-old wife were released from federal lockup in the hours after the president signed off on one of his latest batches of controversial pardons.
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
It was certainly renovated to their particular, ostentatious tastes: Beyond the chandeliers and gold molding, the primary bath is swathed in floor-to-ceiling onyx.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 27 May 2025
Italy is still the land from which ostentatious supercars grow on trees, despite the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. laying some claim to otherwise.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 23 May 2025
Dressed in their ostentatious red uniforms, British soldiers lined up in orderly formations to fire upon their enemies—and to be fired upon in return.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
It was certainly renovated to their particular, ostentatious tastes: Beyond the chandeliers and gold molding, the primary bath is swathed in floor-to-ceiling onyx.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 27 May 2025
Italy is still the land from which ostentatious supercars grow on trees, despite the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. laying some claim to otherwise.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 23 May 2025
Dressed in their ostentatious red uniforms, British soldiers lined up in orderly formations to fire upon their enemies—and to be fired upon in return.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ostentatious
Adjective
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Arrowhead first set the Guinness world record for loudest stadium in 2013.—
Nate Taylor,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Ensure everyone is secure inside before banging pots or making other loud noises to scare the bear away.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Richard was known for being outspoken, if not arrogant, consistently rubbing his Tagi tribe the wrong way and offending some of them with his blatant display of nudity on the island.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
27 May 2025
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Multiple people described him to me as unpopular and arrogant.—
Amanda Chicago Lewis,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The sheer volume of content created far outpaces what audiences can consume, leading to a noisy, crowded digital ecosystem.—
Luca Brinkhues,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Its lineup interspersed noisy no wave groups like Pop Music Fever Dream and Pure Adult, upbeat pop-rock performances from bands like Um, Jennifer?—
Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
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Noni finds herself up against Lion’s violent henchmen and women in series of fight-to-the-death encounters aboard the tyrant’s grandiose sailing ship, which lies at the heart of a vast naval fleet.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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The 53-room hotel feels quaint and boutique-like—but the views are grandiose.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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An extravagant estate long owned by the late Orange County Air Force major general turned homebuilder and civic leader William Lyon has roared onto the market in Southern California.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
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Nothing extravagant—just a modest suburban home and savings accumulated over a lifetime.—
Joseph Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Wine doesn’t have to be pretentious or complicated.—
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Trust the French to come up with the most pretentious word in the dictionary.—
Dwight Garner,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In an incisive observation of the way that an adult’s words can sometimes settle on a child with unusual weight, I-Jing absorbs this folk superstition without question, and begins to shoplift gaudy trinkets from surrounding market stalls, only ever using her evil left hand.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Kentucky’s Andy Beshear boasts a positively gaudy 68% approval rating in his deep-red state, the highest of any Democratic governor in the country, according to Morning Consult’s nationwide survey.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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The film will follow a pompous food critic (Roth) and the earnest son-of-a-chef (Fernández) who must outcook, outrun, and outwit a ruthless queen-pin (Higareda Howes) in order to save the son’s family restaurant – and themselves.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
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Jain didn’t barge onto the scene with the pompous bravado as many others do.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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“Ostentatious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ostentatious. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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