Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

ostentatious

 adjective
     
os‧ten‧ta‧tious
1 something that is ostentatious looks very expensive and is designed to make people think that its owner must be very rich:
She carried her car keys on an ostentatious gold key ring.
an ostentatious display of wealth
2 someone who is ostentatious likes to show everyone how rich they are:
He was vain and ostentatious.
—ostentatiously adverb
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary