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発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌɒs.tɛnˈteɪ.ʃəs/, /ˌɒs.tənˈteɪ.ʃəs/
• 韻: -eɪʃəs

形容詞

ostentatious (comparative more ostentatious, superlative most ostentatious)

1. Of ostentation.
2. Intended to attract notice.
   • 2024 September 19, Fred Weir, “Why Putin’s nuclear saber-rattling on Ukraine sounds different this time”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     Over the course of the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has drawn several “red lines” – with ostentatious references to Russia’s huge strategic nuclear arsenal – only to seemingly do nothing when these lines are crossed by Ukraine or its Western backers.

3. Of tawdry display; kitsch.

同意語

• (tawdry): Thesaurus:gaudy

派生語

• ostensible
• ostensive
• ostentatiously
• unostentatious

参照

• “ostentatious”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “ostentatious”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "ostentatious" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.