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meretricious


adjective
1. like or relating to a prostitute
- meretricious relationships
Pertains to noun:
prostitute
Usage Domain:
archaism, archaicism
2. based on pretense;
deceptively pleasing
- the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
- meretricious praise
- a meretricious argument
Syn:
gilded, specious
Similar to:
insincere
Derivationally related forms:
speciousness (for: specious), meretriciousness
3. 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,
garish, gimcrack, loud, tacky, tatty,
tawdry, trashy
Similar to:
tasteless
Derivationally related forms:
trashiness (for: trashy), tawdriness (for: tawdry), tat (for: tatty), tackiness (for: tacky), meretriciousness, loudness (for: loud), gaud (for: gaudy), gaudiness (for: gaudy), garishness (for: garish), flashiness (for: flashy), flash (for: flash), cheapness (for: cheap)

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