ostentatious

• Describe algo que pretende impresionar o llamar la atención, a menudo de manera ostensible o vulgar.

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.

   Ostentoso, llamativo

   • 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.

   Sinónimosconspicuousextravagantflamboyantflashygarishgaudygrandioseloudpompouspretentiousshowytawdry

   Antónimoshumblemodestplainreservedrestrainedsimplesubtletastefulunassumingunderstated

2. PretentiousC1formal

   Intended to attract attention by being overly elaborate or exaggerated.

   Pretencioso

   • 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.

   Sinónimosaffectedconspicuousextravagantflamboyantflashygrandiosepompouspretentiousshowytawdry

   Antónimoshumblemodestplainrestrainedsimplesubtleunassumingunderstated