ostentatious
Loud and gaudy
Ostentatious describes showy display meant to impress others—often with the implication of trying too hard or lacking taste.
An ostentatious mansion flaunts its owner's wealth.
Ostentatious jewelry draws attention to itself.
The word carries judgment: what's celebrated as elegant by one person may strike another as ostentatious.
Tastelessly showy
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
- glitzyShowily eye-catching
- blingShowy expensive jewelry
- tawdryCheaply ornate and vulgar
brassy · loud · tacky · kitsch · chintzy · tinsel · blingy · vulgar
Marked by costly elegance
- opulentOstentatiously wealthy
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
- decadentSelf-indulgent, often corruptly
palatial · magnificent · grandiose · resplendent · splendid · profligate · wasteful · excessive
Affectedly grand in manner
- affectedArtificially contrived behavior
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
vainglorious · self-important · arrogant · supercilious · highfalutin · snooty · uppity · smug
garish
Tastelessly showy
tawdry · brassy · loud · tacky · kitsch · chintzy · tinsel · blingy · vulgar · screaming
luxurious
Marked by costly elegance
decadent · palatial · magnificent · grandiose · resplendent · splendid · profligate · wasteful · excessive · immoderate
pompous
Affectedly grand in manner
- affectedArtificially contrived behavior
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
conceited · vainglorious · self-important · arrogant · supercilious · highfalutin · snooty · uppity · smug · grandiose
theatrical
Exaggeratedly emotional for effect
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- peacockyVainly ostentatious
- exuberantIntensely lively and cheerful
colorful · vibrant · campy · baroque · rococo · embellished · ornate · flourish · swagger · pizzazz
affluent
Having abundant financial resources
swanky · deluxe · upscale · plush · fancy · elegant · premium · luxe · high-end · ritzy
- dressed updressed up, dolled up, decked out, spruced up, gussied up
- eye-catchingstriking, conspicuous, noticeable, prominent, eye-catching
- flashyshowy, flamboyant, glitzy, gaudy, garish
- ornateornate, elaborate, embellished, decorative, ornamental
- theatricaltheatrical, dramatic, melodramatic, histrionic, hammy
- fancy wordsgrandiloquent, magniloquent, sesquipedalian, pulchritudinous, tintinnabulation
ostentatiousunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
subtle · inconspicuous · restrained · unobtrusive · muted
ostentatiousmodest
Lacking in pretension
humble · unpretentious · unassuming · self-effacing · meek
ostentatioussimple
Free of complexity
plain · understated · minimalist · elegant · tasteful