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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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Jackson believes that wood is making a resurgence in popularity partly because it offers a sophisticated look without looking ostentatious.
Art today is rich in witless posturing, philosophical boilerplate, ostentatious anger, and conventional shock.
My own veranda in Cockermouth is a larger example, as is the more ostentatious orangery at Brockhole.
The villa galleria was baroquely ostentatious and many of the artworks just clutter-glitter.
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.
They contribute generously to village and family enterprises and avoid ostentatious displays of affluence.

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