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What does ostentatious mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of ostentation.
  2. Intended to attract notice.
  3. Of tawdry display; kitsch.
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Civilised behaviour is the key to appearing middle class, so don't binge drink, never swear and don't do anything ostentatious.
All credit must go to her for keeping ethnic-style designs at the forefront of local fashion, even with the swing to ostentatious evening wear.
Art today is rich in witless posturing, philosophical boilerplate, ostentatious anger, and conventional shock.
In Pakistan we have made our lives miserable by the never ending competition and the ostentatious display of wealth.
Jackson believes that wood is making a resurgence in popularity partly because it offers a sophisticated look without looking ostentatious.
They are now seen more simply as part of a general trend to ostentatious display of personal wealth, introduced at that time from central Europe.

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