meretricious
a . 华丽而庸俗的,俗气的,娼妓的
华丽而庸俗的,俗气的,娼妓的
meretricious adj 1 :
like or relating to a prostitute ; "
meretricious relationships "
2 :
tastelessly showy ; "
a flash car "; "
a flashy ring "; "
garish colors "; "
a gaudy costume "; "
loud sport shirts "; "
a meretricious yet stylish book "; "
tawdry ornaments " [
synonym :
{
brassy }, {
cheap }, {
flash }, {
flashy }, {
garish }, {
gaudy },
{
gimcrack }, {
loud }, {
meretricious }, {
tacky }, {
tatty },
{
tawdry }, {
trashy }]
3 :
based on pretense ;
deceptively pleasing ; "
the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility "; "
meretricious praise "; "
a meretricious argument " [
synonym : {
gilded },
{
meretricious }, {
specious }]
Meretricious \
Mer `
e *
tri "
cious \,
a . [
L .
meretricius ,
from meretrix , -
icis ,
a prostitute ,
lit .,
one who earns money ,
i .
e .,
by prostitution ,
fr .
merere to earn ,
gain .
See {
Merit }.]
1 .
Of or pertaining to prostitutes ;
having to do with harlots ;
lustful ;
as ,
meretricious traffic .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Resembling the arts of a harlot ;
alluring by false show ;
gaudily and deceitfully ornamental ;
tawdry ;
as ,
meretricious dress or ornaments .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Deceptive or based on deception ;
seeming plausible ,
but based on pretense or insincerity ;
deceptive ;
misleading ;
insincere ;
specious ;
as ,
meretricious arguments .
[
PJC ] -- {
Mer `
e *
tri "
cious *
ly },
adv . --
{
Mer `
e *
tri "
cious *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
137 Moby Thesaurus words for "
meretricious ":
Gongoresque ,
Johnsonian ,
affected ,
apparent ,
bedizened ,
beggarly ,
beneath contempt ,
big -
sounding ,
blatant ,
brazen ,
brazenfaced ,
cheap ,
cheesy ,
chintzy ,
coarse ,
colorable ,
colored ,
colorful ,
common ,
contemptible ,
convoluted ,
crass ,
crude ,
crummy ,
deceptive ,
declamatory ,
delusive ,
delusory ,
despicable ,
earthy ,
elevated ,
euphuistic ,
extravagant ,
fallen ,
flagrant ,
flamboyant ,
flaming ,
flaring ,
flashy ,
flaunting ,
fulsome ,
garish ,
gaudy ,
gilded ,
gimcracky ,
glaring ,
gorgeous ,
grandiloquent ,
grandiose ,
grandisonant ,
gross ,
harlot ,
high -
flowing ,
high -
flown ,
high -
flying ,
high -
sounding ,
highfalutin ,
hustling ,
inkhorn ,
insincere ,
labyrinthine ,
lexiphanic ,
lofty ,
loud ,
lurid ,
magniloquent ,
mean ,
miserable ,
misleading ,
obscene ,
obtrusive ,
on the ,
on the town ,
orotund ,
ostensible ,
ostentatious ,
overdone ,
overelaborate ,
overinvolved ,
overwrought ,
paltry ,
pathetic ,
pave ,
pedantic ,
pitiable ,
pitiful ,
plausible ,
pompous ,
poor ,
pretentious ,
prostitute ,
prostituted ,
raw ,
rhetorical ,
ribald ,
rough ,
rubbishy ,
rude ,
sad ,
scarlet ,
screaming ,
scrubby ,
scruffy ,
scummy ,
scurvy ,
scuzzy ,
seeming ,
sensational ,
sensationalistic ,
sententious ,
shabby ,
shameless ,
shoddy ,
showy ,
sonorous ,
sorry ,
specious ,
spectacular ,
spurious ,
stilted ,
streetwalking ,
tall ,
tawdry ,
tinsel ,
tortuous ,
trashy ,
trumpery ,
two -
for -
a -
cent ,
two -
for -
a -
penny ,
twopenny ,
twopenny -
halfpenny ,
valueless ,
vile ,
vulgar ,
whorish ,
worthless ,
wretched
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MERETRICIOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The Latin meretrīcius entered into English as meretricious in the 17th century Shortly after being adopted, meretricious also began to be used to indicate things which are superficially attractive but which have little or no value or integrity
MERETRICIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary MERETRICIOUS definition: 1 seeming attractive but really false or of little value: 2 seeming attractive but really false… Learn more
MERETRICIOUS Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com Meretricious definition: alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry See examples of MERETRICIOUS used in a sentence
Meretricious - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com That is advice that encourages you to be meretricious, pretending to be something you aren't, like the meretricious flaunting of gigantic fake diamond earrings, pretending they are real — and that you can afford them To correctly pronounce meretricious, accent the third syllable: "mer-uh-TRISH-us " Don't mistake something that is
meretricious, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . . meretricious, adj n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
meretricious adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . . Definition of meretricious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
Meretricious - definition of meretricious by The Free Dictionary meretricious - based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
What does meretricious mean? - Definitions. net Meretricious refers to something that appears attractive, valuable or appealing on the surface but is actually superficial, insincere, pretentious or lacking in genuine value or substance The term often implies deception or flashy allure intended to deceive or distract
meretricious - definition and meaning - Wordnik meretricious: Attracting attention in a vulgar manner
MERETRICIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you describe something as meretricious, you disapprove of it because although it looks attractive it is actually of little value