Ostentation Synonyms and Antonyms

ŏstĕn-tāshən, -tən-

Words Related to Ostentation

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Ostentation Sentence Examples

  • His library of 70,000 volumes was one of his forms of ostentation, and so was his gallery of pictures.

  • They are also bought up by native chiefs at high prices for purposes of ostentation.

  • He had been accused of vanity and ostentation in his office, but his reputation for ability and integrity as a judge was high even with his enemies.

  • He abhorred a vain ostentation of wit in handling sacred truths, so venerable and grave, and of eternal consequence.

  • Everything was made subservient to ostentation, even wounds, which were often subsequently enlarged for the purpose of boasting a broader scar.

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