Found 2 items, similar to Ostentation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ostentation ostentation n 1: a showy outward display [syn: fanfare] 2: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness, inflation] 3: pretentious or showy or vulgar display
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ostentation Ostentation \Os`ten*ta"tion\, n. [L. ostentatio: cf. F. ostentation.] 1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. “Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] 2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting. See Parade. [1913 Webster]