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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

  1. adj Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
  2. adj Involving unlawful sexual connection or lack of consent by at least one party (said of a romantic relationship).
  3. adj Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.

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