What is another word for meretricious?
Pronunciation:
[ mˌɛɹɪtɹˈɪʃəs], [ mˌɛɹɪtɹˈɪʃəs], [ m_ˌɛ_ɹ_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_s]
Synonyms for Meretricious:
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adj.
• cheap- cruddy ,
- no bargain ,
- no good ,
- rinkydink ,
- small time ,
- rinky-dink ,
- scroungy ,
- second rate ,
- secondrate ,
- two bit .
- inconsequential ,
- irrelevant ,
- meaningless ,
- mere ,
- minor ,
- of no consequence/of little consequence ,
- petty ,
- unconsidered ,
- unimportant .
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- insincere ,
- more put on ,
- more put-on ,
- more puton ,
- most put on ,
- most put-on ,
- most puton ,
- puton ,
- un natural ,
- un-natural .
- glitzier ,
- glitziest ,
- more overbold ,
- more prominent ,
- more pronounced ,
- more protrusive ,
- more screaming ,
- most overbold ,
- most protrusive ,
- most screaming ,
- out right ,
- out righter ,
- out rightest ,
- out-right ,
- out-righter ,
- out-rightest ,
- over bold ,
- over-bold ,
- un abashed ,
- un blushing ,
- un mitigated ,
- un-abashed ,
- un-blushing ,
- un-mitigated .
- flip ,
- flippest ,
- in decent ,
- in solent ,
- in-decent ,
- in-solent ,
- indecent ,
- more hotshot ,
- more smart ass ,
- more smart-ass ,
- more smartass ,
- most hotshot ,
- most smart ass ,
- most smart-ass ,
- most smartass ,
- nervy ,
- smartalecky .
- frou frou ,
- more frou frou ,
- more frou-frou ,
- more froufrou ,
- more pizzazz ,
- more splendiferous ,
- most frou frou ,
- most frou-frou ,
- most froufrou ,
- most pizzazz ,
- most splendiferous ,
- putting on ritz ,
- putting ritz ,
- putting the ritz .
- High-wrought ,
- be decked ,
- be-decked ,
- high wrought ,
- highwrought ,
- more bedecked ,
- more embroidered ,
- more high wrought ,
- more high-wrought ,
- more highwrought ,
- more jeweled ,
- more ornamented ,
- more overelaborate ,
- most bedecked ,
- most embroidered ,
- most high wrought ,
- most high-wrought ,
- most highwrought ,
- most jeweled ,
- most ornamented ,
- most overelaborate ,
- over elaborate ,
- over-elaborate ,
- re-splendent .
- more dextrous ,
- more smooth spoken ,
- more smooth-spoken ,
- more smoothspoken ,
- more streetwise ,
- most dextrous ,
- most smooth spoken ,
- most smooth-spoken ,
- most smoothspoken ,
- most streetwise ,
- smooth spoken ,
- smoothspoken .
- hamer ,
- hamest ,
- hammier ,
- hammiest ,
- more amateur ,
- more operatic ,
- more staged ,
- more thespian ,
- more vaudeville ,
- most amateur ,
- most operatic ,
- most staged ,
- most thespian ,
- most vaudeville ,
- schmaltzy ,
- showest .
- dis reputable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- fly by night ,
- in accurate ,
- in-constant ,
- mis taken ,
- un convincing ,
- un dependable ,
- un faithful ,
- un reliable ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un sure ,
- un-convincing ,
- un-dependable ,
- un-faithful ,
- un-reliable ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-sure ,
- un-trustworthy ,
- under hand ,
- under handed ,
- under-hand ,
- under-handed .
- Forsworn ,
- Perjured ,
- counter factual ,
- counter-factual ,
- dis loyal ,
- dis-loyal ,
- in correct ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more cheating ,
- more dissembling ,
- more forsworn ,
- more prevaricating ,
- more unloyal ,
- most dissembling ,
- most forsworn ,
- most imprecise ,
- most prevaricating ,
- most unloyal ,
- out line ,
- two faced ,
- twofaced ,
- un loyal ,
- un true ,
- un truer ,
- un truest ,
- un-loyal ,
- un-true ,
- un-truer ,
- un-truest ,
- un-truthful .
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- style .
Other synonyms:
- brummagem .
- tinsel ,
- unreliable .
- false .
- glaring .
Other relevant words:
- Big-sounding ,
- Brazenfaced ,
- Colorable ,
- Concocted ,
- Euphuistic ,
- Flaunting ,
- Hustling ,
- Inkhorn ,
- Lexiphanic ,
- Overlaid ,
- Plated ,
- Pomposities ,
- Prostituted ,
- Riggish ,
- Truthless ,
- Whorish ,
- adult female ,
- adulterated ,
- affected ,
- apparent ,
- arrogance ,
- artificial ,
- assumed ,
- audacious ,
- aureate ,
- barefaced ,
- base ,
- bastard ,
- bedizened ,
- beggarly ,
- beneath contempt ,
- blatant ,
- bodacious ,
- bogus ,
- boorish ,
- brasslike ,
- brazen ,
- bum ,
- casuistic ,
- catchpenny ,
- cheap-jack ,
- cheapjack ,
- cheesy ,
- chinchy ,
- chintzy ,
- chutzpadik ,
- coarse ,
- colored ,
- colorful ,
- common ,
- conceit ,
- contemptible ,
- contraband ,
- contrived ,
- convoluted ,
- counterfeit ,
- crappy ,
- crass ,
- crude ,
- crummy ,
- dame ,
- debauched ,
- deceitful ,
- deceptive ,
- declamatory ,
- delusive ,
- delusory ,
- deluxe ,
- despicable ,
- disguised ,
- dissipated ,
- dissolute ,
- distasteful ,
- earthy ,
- egotism ,
- elevated ,
- emptiness ,
- empty ,
- ersatz ,
- extravagant ,
- fabricated ,
- factitious ,
- fake ,
- faked ,
- fallacious ,
- fallen ,
- feigned ,
- flagrant ,
- flamboyant ,
- flaming ,
- flaring ,
- florid ,
- forced ,
- forged ,
- forte ,
- frail ,
- fraudulent ,
- fulgurous ,
- fulsome ,
- futility ,
- gallant ,
- gauche ,
- gay ,
- gilt ,
- girl ,
- glib ,
- glitzy ,
- glossy ,
- gold ,
- golden ,
- gorgeous ,
- grand ,
- grandiloquent ,
- grandiose ,
- gross ,
- harlot ,
- harsh ,
- high-flown ,
- high-flying ,
- high-sounding ,
- highfalutin ,
- honky-tonk ,
- horrid ,
- illegitimate ,
- imitation ,
- improper ,
- in bad taste ,
- inanity ,
- incontinent ,
- indecorous ,
- indelicate ,
- inelegant ,
- inexpensive ,
- inferior ,
- inflation ,
- insolent ,
- intensity ,
- jazzy ,
- jesuitical ,
- junky ,
- labyrinthine ,
- lady ,
- licentious ,
- light ,
- lofty ,
- loudness ,
- low ,
- lurid ,
- luxurious ,
- lying ,
- made-up ,
- magniloquent ,
- make-believe ,
- maladroit ,
- mean ,
- mendacious ,
- meretriciousness ,
- miserable ,
- misleading ,
- mock ,
- monstrous ,
- obscene ,
- obtrusive ,
- of easy virtue ,
- on the loose ,
- opulent ,
- orotund ,
- ostensible ,
- ostentation ,
- ostentatious ,
- overdone ,
- overelaborate ,
- overwrought ,
- painful ,
- paltry ,
- particular ,
- paste ,
- pathetic ,
- pave ,
- pedantic ,
- phony ,
- pinchbeck ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- plastic ,
- plausible ,
- pomposity ,
- pompous ,
- pompousness ,
- poor ,
- pretend ,
- pretended ,
- pride ,
- princely ,
- prostitute ,
- pseudo ,
- put on ,
- raffish ,
- rakish ,
- ratty ,
- raw ,
- rhetorical ,
- ribald ,
- rotten ,
- rough ,
- rubbishy ,
- rude ,
- sad ,
- scamped ,
- scarlet ,
- screaming ,
- scrubby ,
- scruffy ,
- scummy ,
- scurvy ,
- scuzzy ,
- second-rate ,
- seeming ,
- sensational ,
- sensationalistic ,
- sententious ,
- shabby ,
- shallow ,
- sham ,
- shameless ,
- shocking ,
- shoddy ,
- showy ,
- simulated ,
- sleazy ,
- slick ,
- smooth ,
- snide ,
- so-called ,
- sonorous ,
- sophistical ,
- sophisticated ,
- sorry ,
- spectacular ,
- splurgy ,
- sporty ,
- spurious ,
- stilted ,
- streetwalking ,
- sumptuous ,
- superficial ,
- superimposed ,
- supposititious ,
- surreptitious ,
- synthetic ,
- tall ,
- theatrical ,
- tinny ,
- tinselly ,
- tortuous ,
- treacherous ,
- tricky ,
- trumpery ,
- twopenny ,
- twopenny-halfpenny ,
- unaesthetic ,
- unauthentic ,
- unchaste ,
- uncouth ,
- uncultivated ,
- uncultured ,
- ungenuine ,
- unnatural ,
- unreal ,
- unrefined ,
- unsavoury ,
- unsound ,
- untrue ,
- untrustworthy ,
- untruthful ,
- valueless ,
- vanity ,
- vile ,
- vulgar ,
- wanton ,
- wife ,
- woman ,
- womanhood ,
- worthless ,
- wretched ,
- wrong .
- Froufrou ,
- blinding ,
- campier ,
- campiest ,
- campy ,
- cheap ,
- dextrous ,
- flashy ,
- flipper ,
- frou-frou ,
- garish ,
- gaudy ,
- gilded ,
- glittery ,
- gussied up ,
- hammy ,
- hotshot ,
- imprecise ,
- jeweled ,
- loud ,
- operatic ,
- out of line ,
- over-wrought ,
- overbold ,
- peacocky ,
- protrusive ,
- putting on the ritz ,
- smart alecky ,
- smart ass ,
- smart-ass ,
- smartass ,
- smooth-spoken ,
- splendiferous ,
- streetwise ,
- unloyal .
- Hollowly ,
- Johnsonian ,
- Posey ,
- affectation ,
- arch ,
- artsy-fartsy ,
- arty-farty ,
- brassy ,
- camp ,
- camp it up ,
- cloying ,
- constrained ,
- cupboard love ,
- cutesy ,
- falsely ,
- falsity ,
- fey ,
- flash ,
- front ,
- gimcrack ,
- gimcracky ,
- gongoresque ,
- grandisonant ,
- high-flowing ,
- histrionic ,
- histrionics ,
- hokey ,
- hollow ,
- la-di-da ,
- lah-di-dah ,
- mannered ,
- melodramatic ,
- oily ,
- oleaginous ,
- on the ,
- on the town ,
- overinvolved ,
- phoney ,
- pious ,
- ponce ,
- precious ,
- preciously ,
- precocious ,
- pretension ,
- pseud ,
- pseudo- ,
- rent-a- ,
- saccharine ,
- show ,
- slimy ,
- smarmy ,
- smoothie ,
- specious ,
- stagy ,
- studied ,
- sugary ,
- tacky ,
- talk ,
- tasteless ,
- tatty ,
- theatre ,
- two-faced ,
- two-for-a-cent ,
- two-for-a-penny .
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How to use "Meretricious" in context?
1. Merriam-Webster defines meritorious as being deserving of commendation or admiration. Meritorious deeds, work, or performances are considered to be of high quality.
2. Merriam-Webster defines meretricious as tending to evoke laughter or ridicule. Something that is meretricious is kitschy and artificial. It can be a type of clothing, or a person.
3. Merriam-Webster defines meretricious as belonging to or characterized by meretriciousness.
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