Australian English Meaning of meretricious
showy
Other Australian English words related to showy
- excellent
- prominent
- distinguished
- dramatic
- gaudy
- impressive
- loud
- noticeable
- Outstanding
- perceptible
- remarkable
- striking
- tawdry
- visible
- arresting
- bold
- catchy
- commanding
- Detectable
- discernible
- discernible
- eminent
- emphatic
- extravagant
- fascinating
- flamboyant
- flashy
- garish
- interesting
- jazzy
- marked
- noisy
- noteworthy
- noteworthy
- observable
- prominent
- pronounced
- recognisable
- salient
- screaming
- showy
- Spectacular
- splashy
- flash
- swanky
- glitzy
- highlighted
- absorbent
- ripper
- enthralling
- enthralling
- eye-catching
- fancy
- flagrant
- flowery
- glaring
- Glittery
- grabby
- highfalutin
- highfalutin
- howling
- distinctive
- opulent
- ornate
- ostentatious
- wrought up
- pretentious
- riveting
- highlighted
Nearest Words of meretricious
Definitions and Meaning of meretricious in English
meretricious (a)
like or relating to a prostitute
meretricious (s)
tastelessly showy
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
meretricious (a.)
Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.
Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments.
FAQs About the word meretricious
showy
like or relating to a prostitute, tastelessly showy, based on pretense; deceptively pleasingOf or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful;
excellent,prominent,distinguished,dramatic,gaudy,impressive,loud,noticeable,Outstanding,perceptible
disguised,dim,Faint,hidden,insignificant,obscure,shrouded,subtle,undistinguished,unimportant
merestone => boundary stone, merestead => farm, meresman => -, merenchyma => parenchyma, merely => merely,
