meretriciousness

English Thesaurus

1. tasteless showiness (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	tastelessness,
definition	:	inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste (noun.attribute)

2. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	deceptiveness, obliquity,
definition	:	the quality of being deceptive (noun.attribute)

3. tasteless showiness (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty,
definition	:	(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display (adj.all)

derivation	:	cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry,
definition	:	cheap and shoddy (adj.all)

derivation	:	brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy,
definition	:	tastelessly showy (adj.all)

4. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	gilded, meretricious, specious,
definition	:	based on pretense; deceptively pleasing (adj.all)

derivation	:	specious, spurious,
definition	:	plausible but false (adj.all)

5. tasteless showiness (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty,
definition	:	(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display (adj.all)

derivation	:	cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry,
definition	:	cheap and shoddy (adj.all)

derivation	:	brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy,
definition	:	tastelessly showy (adj.all)

6. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	gilded, meretricious, specious,
definition	:	based on pretense; deceptively pleasing (adj.all)

derivation	:	specious, spurious,
definition	:	plausible but false (adj.all)