meretricious

Letters that make meretricious

s, o, e, c, m, r, t, i, u are letters that make 'meretricious'

Words within meretricious

ER, re, CIO, IC, IOU, Ci, RI, ic, ci, US, ME, Io, mere, Re, Er, ret are words within 'meretricious'


3 possible definitions for 'meretricious'

Meretricious as "tastelessly showy"

Under this definition, meretricious is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

flashy, gaudy, cheap, loud, brassy, tawdry, flash, garish, gimcrack, tacky, tatty, trashy have the same meaning as 'meretricious'

Derivatives of meretricious

bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket, glitz, garishness, gaudiness, cheapness, sleaze, flashiness, loudness, meretriciousness, brashness, shoddiness, flash, ostentation, fanfare, tawdriness, trashiness, tat, tackiness are derivatives of 'meretricious'.

Similar to meretricious

tasteless is similar to meretricious.

Example of meretricious used within this context

"a flash car", "a flashy ring", "garish colors", "a gaudy costume", "loud sport shirts", "a meretricious yet stylish book", "tawdry ornaments"


Meretricious as "like or relating to a prostitute"

Under this definition, meretricious is an adjective and has the following properties:

meretricious Usage

'meretricious' can be a useage of archaism, archaicism.

Pertain to meretricious

fancy woman, prostitute, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street, cocotte, cyprian, tart, bawd, whore, harlot pertain to 'meretricious'.

Example of meretricious used within this context

"meretricious relationships"


Meretricious as "based on pretense, deceptively pleasing"

Under this definition, meretricious is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

gilded, specious have the same meaning as 'meretricious'

Derivatives of meretricious

meretriciousness, speciousness are derivatives of 'meretricious'.

Similar to meretricious

insincere is similar to meretricious.

Example of meretricious used within this context

"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility", "meretricious praise", "a meretricious argument"



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