meretricious, adj.
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
<adj.all>
gilded glossy meretricious specious
sample sentences
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility""meretricious praise"
"a meretricious argument"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
tastelessly showy
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
brassy cheap flash flashy garish gaudy gimcrack loud meretricious tacky tatty tawdry trashy
sample sentences
"a flash car""a flashy ring"
"garish colors"
"a gaudy costume"
"loud sport shirts"
"a meretricious yet stylish book"
"tawdry ornaments"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
like or relating to a prostitute
<adj.pert>
meretricious
sample sentences
"meretricious relationships"
lexical pointers
derived from/pertains to
semantic pointers
domain of synset (usage)