meretricious

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von meretricious im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: sahte güzel; cafcaflı; gösterişli; kaba süslü; sahte gösterişli; {s} süslü püslü
meretriciously: gösterişli bir şekilde

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von meretricious im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having no substance; falsely alluring
When I lifted my eyes from the page, there was none of the meretricious argument London always offers that the sole real purpose in life is to hustle for a buck.; Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution; alluring by false or gaudy show; Looking like a whore or prostitute; {a} lewd, gaudy, false; disapproval If you describe something as meretricious, you disapprove of it because although it looks attractive it is actually of little value. vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs. something that is meretricious seems attractive but has no real value or is not based on the truth (meretricius, from meretrix , from merere; MERIT); based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"; tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"; Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments; like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships"; like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships; Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic; tastelessly gaudy, making a false show of being attractive; {s} alluring in a vulgar or gaudy way; wanton, lewd; cheap, loud; of or pertaining to a prostitute; deceptive, based on a falsehood
Meretriciously: in a meretricious manner; "the boat is meretriciously decorated"
meretriciously: In a meretricious manner
meretriciously: in a meretricious manner; "the boat is meretriciously decorated
meretriciously: in a wanton or lewd manner, in a cheap and loud manner; with vulgarity; deceptively
meretriciousness: The property of being meretricious
meretriciousness: flashiness: tasteless showiness
meretriciousness: speciousness: an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument"
meretriciousness: {i} wantonness, lewdness; cheapness, loudness; deception; gaudiness

meretricious

Silbentrennung

mer·e·tri·cious

Synonyme

blatant, bogus, brazen, chintzy, counterfeit, garish, glaring, insincere, loud, misleading, ornate, phony, plastic, put-on, sham

Antonyme

genuine, real, undecorated, unembellished

Aussprache

Etymologie

[ "mer-&-'tri-sh&s ] (adjective.) circa 1626. From Latin meretrīcius (“meretricious”), from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”).