meretricious
/ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs/adjective
उच्चारण मेरट्रिशस
भड़कीला, दिखावटी, सतही रूप से आकर्षक
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as antonym
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formal, disapproving
seeming attractive but in fact having no real value
भड़कीला, दिखावटी, सतही रूप से आकर्षक
- meretricious glamour
- a meretricious argument
- The shop front was bright and meretricious, but the goods were poor.
+ 2 more examples
- Critics dismissed the film as a meretricious show of special effects.
- The advertisement made meretricious promises that nobody could keep.
Synonyms showy gaudy flashy tawdry superficial
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
mer·e·tri·cious
With -tricious (not 'meritricious').
अंत में -tricious ('meritricious' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the showy words together: meretricious (attractive but worthless), gaudy (too bright and colourful), tawdry (cheap and showy), garish (unpleasantly bright), ostentatious (showing off wealth).
दिखावे के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: meretricious (आकर्षक पर मूल्यहीन), gaudy (बहुत चमकीला और रंगीन), tawdry (सस्ता और दिखावटी), garish (अप्रिय रूप से चमकीला), ostentatious (धन का दिखावा)।
§Grammar and usage
Trap, asked often: meretricious has nothing to do with merit; it means falsely attractive.
Trap अक्सर पूछा जाता है: meretricious का merit (योग्यता) से कोई संबंध नहीं; इसका अर्थ 'झूठा आकर्षक' है।