ostentatious

• Beschreibt etwas, das darauf angelegt ist, Eindruck zu machen oder Aufmerksamkeit zu erregen, oft auf protzige, prahlerische oder geschmacklose Weise.

Describes something that is designed to impress or attract notice, often in a showy or vulgar way.

1. Showy or flashyC1formal

   Designed to impress or attract notice, often in a vulgar or excessive way.

   Protzig oder auffällig

   • His ostentatious display of wealth included a fleet of luxury cars.
   • She wore an ostentatious diamond necklace to the party.
   • The mansion was decorated in an ostentatious style with gold everywhere.

   Synonymeconspicuousextravagantflamboyantflashygarishgaudygrandioseloudpompouspretentiousshowytawdry

   Antonymehumblemodestplainreservedrestrainedsimplesubtletastefulunassumingunderstated

2. PretentiousC1formal

   Intended to attract attention by being overly elaborate or exaggerated.

   Prunkvoll

   • The politician's ostentatious promises were met with skepticism.
   • His ostentatious vocabulary made him seem arrogant.
   • The ceremony was criticized for being too ostentatious and wasteful.

   Synonymeaffectedconspicuousextravagantflamboyantflashygrandiosepompouspretentiousshowytawdry

   Antonymehumblemodestplainrestrainedsimplesubtleunassumingunderstated