nouveau riche
Example Sentences
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It might have been be tacky, but the republic can withstand some nouveau riche architecture on federal property.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
Thirty years later, India's flourishing tech-driven economy of start-ups and creators has birthed a nouveau riche that's afforded Soho House exactly another such market opportunity.
From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025
New restaurants and malls catering to nouveau riche Afghans riding the economic boom appeared.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023
“And we weren’t like those Wall Street buffoons,” she continues, “the nouveau riche ones you can see coming a mile away by the supernatural glow of their teeth veneers.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2022
I am filled with the gaudy delight, the monstrous grace of the nouveau riche.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
