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- pronunciation:
- me
rih
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way.
Some chandeliers convey opulent elegance, while others can be as meretricious as disco balls.the meretricious charms of a Parisian nightclub- synonyms:
- gaudy, tawdry
- similar words:
- cheap, chintzy, flashy, garish, glitzy, honky-tonk, loud, showy
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| definition 2: |
lacking truth or sincerity; deceptive; spurious.
a meretricious way of debatinga meretricious assertion- synonyms:
- deceptive, spurious
- similar words:
- bogus, deceitful, false, fraudulent, shifty, shoddy, specious
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| related words: |
flamboyant, glaring, phony, sensational |
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| derivations: |
meretriciously (adv.), meretriciousness (n.) |
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