单词 | meretriciousness |
释义 | meretriciousness (once / 590966 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY meretricious: meretriciously, meretriciousness USAGE EXAMPLESWith some there may have been slight associations with fairy lore, or medicinal usage, or a hint of meretriciousness. Earle, Alice Morse, Old-Time Gardens—Newly Set Forth(2012) The meretriciousness of women and their love of luxury are denounced. Sumner, William Graham, Folkways—A Study of the Sociologica...(2010) There was a suggestion of meretriciousness in the tinted lips and the pretence of colour on the charming face. Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John), The Hand in the Dark(2010) 1 n tasteless showiness 2Syn|Hyper brashness, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, loudness, tawdriness tastelessness inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste n an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility Syn|Hyper speciousness deceptiveness, obliquity the quality of being deceptive |
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