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meretricious   (Sound)

KK Pronunciation

〔 ˏmєrәˋtrIʃәs 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˏmeriˊtriʃәs 〕


Overview of adj meretricious

The adj meretricious has 3 senses


  • meretricious -- (like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships")

  • brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")

  • gilded, meretricious, specious -- (based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument")