meretriciousness

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◎ 单词释义

adj.华而不实的;俗艳的;似是而非的

副词: meretriciously 名词: meretriciousness

Adjective:

    like or relating to a prostitute;

    "meretricious relationships"

    tastelessly showy;

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

    based on pretense; deceptively pleasing;

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

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meretriciousness的用法及例句:

It is possible to be sentimental, meretricious and even downright dishonest in painting or in music.