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ostentatious:
- provocant; provocateur; de manière provocante; d'un ton provocateur; d'une façon provocante; d'un air provocateur; d'une manière provocante; ostensible; ostensiblement
Wiktionary:
- ostentatious → ostentatoire, prétentieux
- ostentatious → ostensible, ostentatoire

English

Detailed Translations for ostentatious from English to French

ostentatious:

ostentatious adj

ostentatious (provoking; provocative; defiant; daring)
provocant; provocateur; de manière provocante; d'un ton provocateur; d'une façon provocante; d'un air provocateur; d'une manière provocante
- provocant adj
- provocateur adj
- de manière provocante adj
- d'un ton provocateur adj
- d'une façon provocante adj
- d'un air provocateur adj
- d'une manière provocante adj
ostentatious
ostensible; ostensiblement
- ostensible adj
- ostensiblement adj

Translation Matrix for ostentatious:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
provocateur		agitator; challenger; contender; firebrand; founder; instigator; prompter; ringleader
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	pretentious
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
d'un air provocateur	daring; defiant; ostentatious; provocative; provoking	braving; defiant; defying; exceeding; facing; provoking
d'un ton provocateur	daring; defiant; ostentatious; provocative; provoking	braving; defiant; defying; exceeding; facing; provoking
d'une façon provocante	daring; defiant; ostentatious; provocative; provoking	defiant; exceeding
d'une manière provocante	daring; defiant; ostentatious; provocative; provoking	braving; defiant; defying; exceeding; facing; provoking
de manière provocante	daring; defiant; ostentatious; provocative; provoking	braving; defiant; defying; exceeding; facing; provoking
ostensible	ostentatious
ostensiblement	ostentatious	conspicuous; distinct; excessive; explicit; extreme; notable; obvious; outstanding; pronounced; remarkable; striking; unmistakable
provocant	daring; defiant; ostentatious; provocative; provoking	annoying; braving; defiant; defying; exasperating; exceeding; facing; nagging; provoking; tantalising; tantalizing; tormenting
provocateur	daring; defiant; ostentatious; provocative; provoking	braving; defiant; defying; exceeding; facing; provoking

Related Words for "ostentatious":

ostentatiously

Synonyms for "ostentatious":

pretentious; flaunty; showy; splashy
kitsch; tasteless

Antonyms for "ostentatious":

unostentatious

Related Definitions for "ostentatious":

intended to attract notice and impress others¹
- an ostentatious sable coat¹
(of a display) tawdry or vulgar¹

Wiktionary Translations for ostentatious:

ostentatious

adjective

of ostentation
- ostentatious → ostentatoire

ostentatious

adjective

Qui marque de l’ostentation en parlant de choses.
- ostentatoire → ostentatious
Qui a des prétentions, désireux d’attirer l’admiration d’autrui.
- prétentieux → pretentious; ostentatious

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• ostentatious	→ ostensible; ostentatoire	↔ ostentativ — bildungssprachlich: auf Beachtung berechnet, zur Schau gestellt, in einer herausfordernden Weise, bewusst ausrichten

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