Ostentation Definition & Meaning
ostentation
- 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
Words that rhyme with ostentation
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- What does ostentation mean?
- a gaudy outward display lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity pretentious or showy or vulgar display
- What part of speech is ostentation?
- Ostentation is a noun.
- How many definitions does ostentation have?
- Ostentation has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).