wansmakelijk — meaning in English
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English meaning
- garish adj Unpleasantly bright or showy, in a tasteless way.
- meretricious adj Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
Senses
wansmakelijk is used for these senses in English:
- garish Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste. [from 1540s]
- meretricious Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
meretricious — full definition
- adj Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
- adj Involving unlawful sexual connection or lack of consent by at least one party (said of a romantic relationship).
- adj Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.