Meretricious


The meaning of the word Meretricious is: tastelessly showy; attractive on the surface but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring


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Because of Christie’s meretricious style of dressing, she has often been mistaken for a prostitute and has received a number of indecent proposals.

published by Herma on 2021-03-14 21:37:27


If my mother-in-law didn’t decorate her house with so many meretricious knickknacks, it would be a more comfortable place to visit.

published by Camelia on 2021-12-11 03:51:53


Adding those flamboyant earrings to such a colorful skirt gives your entire outfit a meretricious effect.

published by Tegan on 2021-10-10 18:51:47


This writer usually writes with such a meretricious style that his books are only published in paperback.

published by Noelle on 2021-12-25 22:42:43


Buying that flashy sports car was just his meretricious way of showing his ex-wife that he was doing fine without her.

published by Darryl on 2021-09-02 12:13:19


As the editor of a prestigious fashion magazine, Claudia will fire any staff members who dress or behave in a meretricious way.

published by Irwin on 2021-07-11 23:19:22


Even though the lyrics of his new song have a meretricious crudeness, the melody is haunting enough to attract a lot of listeners.

published by Jovan on 2021-03-16 09:13:57


Compared to the clean, straightforward prose of his earlier works, this author’s new style of using excessive profanity and sexual imagery is just a lot of meretricious garbage.

published by Providencia on 2021-03-25 21:00:17


I can tell you about the gossip I heard today, but we’d better leave the meretricious details for after the kids have gone to bed.

published by Eldridge on 2021-08-02 03:19:53


As the aging actress became desperate for any kind of work, she began to accept parts in some of the meretricious B movies she had previously rejected.

published by Whitley on 2021-04-23 05:19:13


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