OSTENTATE

flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank

(verb) display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; “he showed off his new sports car”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Os"ten*tate, v. t. Etym: [L. ostentatus, p. p. of ostentare, v. intens. fr. ostendere. See Ostent.]

Definition: To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 March 2025

THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”


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