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English-Thai Dictionary

ostentatious

ADJ โอ้อวด  ขี้ อวด  showy gaudy o-aud

 

ostentatiously

ADV อย่าง โอ้อวด  showily pompously yang-o-aud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OSTENTATIOUS

a. 1. Making a display from vanity; boastful; fond of presenting one's endowments or works to others in an advantageous light.
Your modesty is so far from being ostentatious of the good you do -
2. Showy; gaudy; intended for vain display; as ostentatious ornaments.

 

OSTENTATIOUSLY

adv. With vain display; boastfully.

 

OSTENTATIOUSNESS

n.Vain display; vanity; boastfulness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OSTENTATIOUS

OSTENTATIOUS Os `ten *ta "tious, a.

 

Defn: Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful. Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. Dryden. The ostentatious professions of many years. Macaulay. -- Os `ten *ta "tious *ly, adv. -- Os `ten *ta "tious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ostentatious

os ten ta tious |ˌästənˈtāSHəs ˌɑstənˈteɪʃəs | adjective characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice: books that people buy and display ostentatiously but never actually finish. DERIVATIVES os ten ta tious ly adverb, os ten ta tious ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

ostentatious

ostentatious |ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃəs | adjective characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress: a simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious. DERIVATIVES ostentatiously adverb, ostentatiousness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ostentatious

ostentatious adjective an ostentatious display of wealth: showy, pretentious, conspicuous, flamboyant, gaudy, brash, vulgar, loud, extravagant, fancy, ornate, overelaborate; informal flash, flashy, splashy, over the top, glitzy, ritzy, superfly. ANTONYMS restrained.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ostentatious

ostentatious adjective an ostentatious display of wealth: showy, pretentious, conspicuous, obtrusive, flamboyant, gaudy, garish, tinsel, tinselly, brash, vulgar, loud, extravagant, fancy, ornate, affected, theatrical, overdone, over-elaborate, kitsch, tasteless; informal flash, flashy, fancy-pants, over the top, OTT, glitzy, ritzy, swanky, splashy; N. Amer. informal bling-bling, superfly; US black English dicty. ANTONYMS plain, unobtrusive, restrained, modest.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ostentatious

os ten ta tious /ɑ̀stentéɪʃ (ə )s |ɔ̀s -/形容詞 1 かたく 〈物が 〉派手な, ぜいたくな, 金をかけ過ぎている .2 ⦅けなして ⦆〈人が 〉これ見よがしの, 自慢げな, 偉そうな .3 通例 名詞 の前で 〗大げさな, 見栄を張った 〈行為 .ly 副詞