Ostentation vs. Ostentatious

Ostentationnoun

Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.

Ostentationnoun

(obsolete) A show or spectacle.

Ostentationnoun

The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; - usually in a detractive sense.

Ostentationnoun

A show or spectacle.

Ostentationnoun

a showy outward display

Ostentationnoun

lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Ostentationnoun

pretentious or showy or vulgar display

Ostentatiousadjective

Of ostentation.

Ostentatiousadjective

Intended to attract notice.

Ostentatiousadjective

Of tawdry display; kitsch.

Ostentatiousadjective

Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.

Ostentatiousadjective

intended to attract notice and impress others;

Ostentatiousadjective

of a display that is tawdry or vulgar