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Attractive articles of little value or use

Senseless or absurd language, behavior, or ideas

Ornamental coverings, typically for an animal such as a horse

An act, or the fact, of being deceptive or deceitful

Showy or gaudy, but generally worthless

Low or mediocre in quality

Having little worth or value

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Noun

Attractive articles of little value or use

bits and pieces

objects of virtu

conversation pieces

collectors' items

flotsam and jetsam

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“When they returned home, the one had a full basket, but then it was only a basket full of trumpery, not worth a tenth part so much as the smallest diamond the other had obtained.”

Noun

Senseless or absurd language, behavior, or ideas

stuff and nonsense

thoughtlessness

chitter-chatter

incoherent talk

unintelligible language

obscure language

back-fence talk

meaningless talk

unintelligible talk

whispering campaign

rumormongering^US

trivial conversation

beauty-parlor chitchat

casual conversation

rumourmongering^UK

pretentiousness

long-windedness

extravagant boasting

chewing the fat

chewing the rag

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“I was soon tired of its nonsensical, blasphemous, most ridiculous trumpery.”

Noun

Ornamental coverings, typically for an animal such as a horse

pretentiousness

meretriciousness

bells and whistles

finishing touches

cherries on top

interior decoration

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Noun

An act, or the fact, of being deceptive or deceitful

underhandedness

monkey business

disingenuousness

unscrupulousness

sanctimoniousness

pharisaicalness

false profession

misrepresentation

pretentiousness

lack of veracity

treacherousness

double-crossing

every trick in the book

self-righteousness

ambidextrousness

duplicitousness

smoke and mirrors

surreptitiousness

misbehaviour^UK

dishonourableness

unprincipledness

questionableness

questionability

telling stories

sleight of hand

palace intrigue

misleading talk

superciliousness

self-satisfaction

untrustworthiness

unrepresentativeness

misappropriation

specious reasoning

artful argument

crocodile tears

being two-faced

bait and switch

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

dishonest dealings

breach of trust

being on the take

lying under oath

wilful falsehood

giving false testimony

bearing false witness

affected superiority

double standard

bearing false testimony

forswearing oneself

false testimony

giving false evidence

false statement

making false statements

violation of an oath

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Adjective

Showy or gaudy, but generally worthless

putting on the ritz

brightly colored^US

brightly coloured^UK

bright-coloured

cheap and nasty

multicoloured^UK

multicolored^US

many-coloured^US

many-colored^UK

highly-coloured

exhibitionistic

like an explosion in a paint factory

looking like an explosion in a paint factory

painful to look at

richly colored^UK

twopenny-halfpenny

richly coloured^US

brilliantly colored^US

brilliantly coloured^UK

multi-colored^US

multi-coloured^UK

many-splendoured

sticking out a mile

standing out like a sore thumb

standing out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

overemphasized^US

fancily decorated

hyperventilated

overemphasised^UK

rainbow-coloured

rainbow-colored

larger-than-life

attention-grabbing

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“A gipsy boy, with whom I was on friendly terms, used to travel about this part of the country selling trumpery brooches and ornaments.”

Adjective

Low or mediocre in quality

bargain-basement

a load of pants

dissatisfactory

twopenny-halfpenny

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

cheap and nasty

thrown together

strictly for the birds

good-for-nothing

end-of-the-pier

of poor quality

no great shakes

not good enough

less-than-stellar

not up to standard

leaving much to be desired

poverty-stricken

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

down-at-the-heels

unable to do something for toffee

unsophisticated

foolish-looking

undistinguished

scarcely credible

hard to believe

hard to swallow

knocked together

under the weather

beyond contempt

in poor condition

less than ideal

not up to expectations

unable to do something to save one's life

beyond the pale

leaving a lot to be desired

unfavourable^UK

underprivileged

not all it's cracked up to be

gone to rack and ruin

difficult to believe

unsubstantiated

very unpleasant

all the worse for wear

inconsequential

green about the gills

won't hold water

self-contradictory

pieced together

ill-constructed

run-of-the-mill

middle-of-the-road

run-of-the-mine

fair-to-middling

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

of no consequence

nothing to write home about

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“It was the genuine article, rather than the trumpery items and gaudy apparel worn by most of the crowd below.”

Adjective

Having little worth or value

“Only worthwhile things were selected, not a miscellaneous collection of trumpery junk.”

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