Word of the Day: Ostentation

ostentation

ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

1. the pretentious or showy display of wealth and luxury, designed to impress.

   "the office was spacious, but without any trace of ostentation"

   synonyms:

   showiness, show, showing off, ostentatiousness;  pretentiousness,pretension, vulgarity, conspicuousness, obtrusiveness, display,flamboyance, gaudiness, garishness, tinsel, brashness, loudness,extravagance, ornateness, theatricality, kitschness, affectation, bad taste, tastelessness, self-advertisement, exhibitionism, flaunting; informalflashiness, flash, flashness, glitz, glitziness, ritziness,swankiness, swank, splashiness