Ostentate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɒstənteɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Ostentate is a verb meaning (transitive, rare) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly.
Meaning
(transitive, rare) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To boast, show off.
Example Sentences
Society insisted that it was bad form to ostentate one's sickness unnecessarily.
It cannot avoid the brand of arrogancy, as well as hypocrisy, to challenge and ostentate that beauty or handsomeness of complexion as ours, which indeed is none of ours by any genuine right or property.
Word Forms
- ostentates
- ostentating
- ostentated
Synonyms for ostentate
Depending on context, synonyms include ostent, exhibitionize, swagger, boulevardier, flamboast, flaunt.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ostent, overboast, rodomontade, boast, outbrag, beyelp.
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