Meretricious - Definition
meretricious
adj 1: like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious
relationships"
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn:
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy,
gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty,
tawdry, trashy]
3: based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and
perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious
praise"; "a meretricious argument" [syn: gilded,
meretricious, specious]