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English adjective: meretricious | |||
| 1. | meretricious like or relating to a prostitute | ||
| Samples | Meretricious relationships. | ||
| Domain usage | archaicism, archaism | ||
| 2. | meretricious tastelessly showy | ||
| Samples | A flash car. A flashy ring. Garish colors. A gaudy costume. Loud sport shirts. A meretricious yet stylish book. Tawdry ornaments. | ||
| Synonyms | brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy | ||
| Similar | tasteless | ||
| Antonyms | tasteful | ||
| 3. | meretricious based on pretense; deceptively pleasing | ||
| Samples | The gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility. Meretricious praise. A meretricious argument. | ||
| Synonyms | gilded, specious | ||
| Similar | insincere | ||
| Antonyms | sincere | ||
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