Origin:
1650-60; ostentat(ion) + -ious
Related forms:
os⋅ten⋅ta⋅tious⋅ly, adverbos⋅ten⋅ta⋅tious⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. See grandiose.
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frippery = ostentation
Collective nouns for peacocks are a muster or peacocks or an ostentation of peacocks.
Peacocks have multiple collective nouns; a muster of peacocks, a pride of peacocks, and an ostentation of peacocks.
Peacocks have multiple collective nouns; a muster of peacocks, a pride of peacocks, and an ostentation of peacocks.
(ostentatious: intended to attract notice and impress others, or a display that is tawdry or vulgar)"At Mardi Gras, the streets of the French Quarter are filled with revelers in ostentatious costumes.""He considered society functions to be an ostentatious display of wealth."
Ostentatious is when you show off. Here are some sentences.That outfit is pure ostentation; go put on something more suitable!Ostentation is a sign of a vain person.I paid no attention to the ostentation around me, but listened carefully to what was actually said.
Ostentation (an excessively showy exhibition) can have these synonyms based on the context : pretentiousness, gaudiness, pomp, affectation, or garishness.
a group of animals
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frippery = ostentation
A flock of peacocks and peahens is called a Party.
pretension, affectation
pomp, pomposity, splendor
It could be opulence or ostentation.
muster or ostentation
Nope! Bt there is such a word as Ostetatious. Here is the definition! os·ten·ta·tious adj rich and showy: marked by a vulgar display of wealth and success designed to impress people (disapproving) [Mid-17th century. Formed from ostentation .] -os·ten·ta·tious·ly, adv
The collective nouns for peacock are a muster of peacocks or an ostentation of peacocks.