Thesaurus / ostentation
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synonyms for ostentation
- affectation
- array
- boast
- boasting
- brag
- braggadocio
- bragging
- bravado
- demonstration
- display
- exhibition
- flamboyance
- flash
- flourish
- fuss
- garishness
- magnificence
- pageant
- pageantry
- parade
- pomp
- pomposity
- pompousness
- pretending
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- put on
- shine
- show
- showiness
- spectacle
- splendor
- splurge
- swagger
- swank
- vainglory
- vaunt
- false front
- flaunting
- grandstand play
- parading
- showing off
- swaggering
- vaunting
- window-dressing
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Ostentation refers to vain, ambitious, pretentious, or offensive display: tasteless and vulgar ostentation. Display applies to an intentionally conspicuous show: a great display of wealth. Show often indicates an external appearance that may or may not accord with actual facts: a show of modesty. Pomp suggests such a show of dignity and authority as characterizes a ceremony of state: The coronation was carried out with pomp and splendor.
How to use ostentation in a sentence
The lower class were idle and lazy, and willing to serve any sovereign who appealed to them by ostentation.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONHe displayed no ostentation in dress, or equipage, or manners, to provoke the desire in others to humble him.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTThe malecontents at the coffeehouses of London murmured at this profusion, and accused William of ostentation.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYIn all this, we repeat, there is neither refinement nor elegance, but simply vulgar ostentation.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYShe is aristocratic to the nth degree, and is never over done; courage she has, but no ostentation.
YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERThe procession of one of the mighty, on the other hand, was marshaled with all possible display and ostentation.
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANSHAROLD WHETSTONE JOHNSTONFor there is gathered in indestructible stone all the fear, ostentation, 40and vulgar pride of our brothers.
FLORENCE AND NORTHERN TUSCANY WITH GENOAEDWARD HUTTONA very general fault in the men was an unfortunate rivalry, engendered by the ostentation and bad taste of the others.
THE HISTORIES OF POLYBIUS, VOL. II (OF 2)POLYBIUSThe ostentation of the court had become an onerous ceremony, the monarchical principle an unendurable constraint.
THE HISTORY OF MODERN PAINTING, VOLUME 1 (OF 4)RICHARD MUTHERHe had a singular abhorrence of luxury, waste, and ostentation.
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRYJAMES PARTONWORDS RELATED TO OSTENTATION
- airs
- aloofness
- audacity
- bluster
- braggadocio
- brass
- cheek
- chutzpah
- conceit
- conceitedness
- contemptuousness
- crust
- disdain
- disdainfulness
- ego
- egotism
- gall
- haughtiness
- hauteur
- high-handedness
- hubris
- imperiousness
- insolence
- loftiness
- nerve
- ostentation
- overbearance
- pomposity
- pompousness
- presumption
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- pride
- priggishness
- scornfulness
- self-importance
- self-love
- smugness
- superciliousness
- swagger
- vanity
- act
- affectation
- arrangement
- array
- arrayal
- blaze
- bravura
- dash
- demonstration
- example
- exhibit
- exhibition
- expo
- exposition
- exposure
- fanfare
- flourish
- for show
- frame-up
- frippery
- front
- grandstand play
- layout
- manifestation
- ostentation
- ostentatiousness
- pageant
- panorama
- parade
- pedantry
- pomp
- presentation
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- revelation
- sample
- scheme
- shine
- showboat
- splash
- splendor
- splurge
- spread
- unfolding
- vanity
- acts
- affectations
- arrangements
- arrayals
- arrays
- blazes
- bravuras
- dashes
- demonstrations
- examples
- exhibitions
- exhibits
- expos
- expositions
- exposures
- fanfares
- flourishes
- for shows
- frame-ups
- fripperies
- fronts
- grandstand plays
- layouts
- manifestations
- ostentation
- ostentatiousnesses
- pageants
- panoramas
- parades
- pedantry
- pomp
- presentations
- pretensions
- pretentiousness
- revelations
- samples
- schemes
- shine
- showboats
- splashes
- splendors
- splurges
- spreads
- unfoldings
- vanities
- arrogance
- assurance
- boastfulness
- boasting
- bragging
- conceit
- conceitedness
- egocentricity
- egomania
- egotism
- gasconade
- haughtiness
- insolence
- megalomania
- narcissism
- ostentation
- overconfidence
- presumption
- pride
- self-absorption
- self-admiration
- self-confidence
- self-importance
- self-interest
- self-love
- self-possession
- self-regard
- self-worship
- selfishness
- superiority
- swellheadedness
- vainglory
- vanity
- vaunting
- arrogance
- assurance
- boastfulness
- boasting
- bragging
- conceit
- conceitedness
- egocentricity
- egomania
- gasconade
- haughtiness
- insolence
- megalomania
- narcissism
- ostentation
- overconfidence
- preoccupation with self
- presumption
- pride
- self-absorption
- self-admiration
- self-confidence
- self-importance
- self-interest
- self-love
- self-possession
- self-regard
- self-worship
- selfishness
- superiority
- swellheadedness
- vainglory
- vanity
- vaunting
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