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Meaning of word meretricious from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

meretricious adjective

Meaning : Like or relating to a prostitute.

Example : Meretricious relationships.

Meaning : Tastelessly showy.

Example : A flash car.
A flashy ring.
Garish colors.
A gaudy costume.
Loud sport shirts.
A meretricious yet stylish book.
Tawdry ornaments.

Synonyms : brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

Meaning : Based on pretense. Deceptively pleasing.

Example : The gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility.
Meretricious praise.
A meretricious argument.

Synonyms : gilded, glossy, specious

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