adjective
- characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice
Examples
- The billionaire’s ostentatious mansion had gold-plated fixtures in every room.
- She wore an ostentatious diamond necklace to the charity dinner.
- His ostentatious display of wealth made the other guests uncomfortable.
- The restaurant’s ostentatious decor included crystal chandeliers and marble statues.
- Despite his success, he avoided ostentatious behavior and lived simply.
- The ostentatious wedding cost more than most people’s houses.
- Her ostentatious car drew stares wherever she parked it.