Meretricious — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

like or relating to a prostitute

tastelessly showy

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˌɛɹɪtɹˈɪʃəs/

🇬🇧British English

/mˌɛɹɪtɹˈɪʃəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˌɛɹɪtɹˈɪʃəs/

4 syllables Say it as /mˌɛɹɪtɹˈɪʃəs/.

Examples

meretricious relationships
a flash car
a flashy ring

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tawdry trashy flashy tacky gilded flash garish cheap gaudy tatty gimcrack loud specious brassy

Parts of Speech

adjective	like or relating to a prostitute “meretricious relationships”
adjective	tastelessly showy “a flash car”
adjective	based on pretense; deceptively pleasing “the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility”

Word Forms

cheapness	noun	tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
flash	noun	a gaudy outward display
flashiness	noun	tasteless showiness
garishness	noun	strident color or excessive ornamentation
gaud	noun	cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
gaudiness	noun	tasteless showiness
loudness	noun	tasteless showiness
meretriciousness	noun	tasteless showiness
tackiness	noun	tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
tat	noun	tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
tawdriness	noun	tasteless showiness
trashiness	noun	the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better
speciousness	noun	an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

bösartig

wie oder in Bezug auf eine Prostituierte

🇫🇷French

factice

aimer ou avoir des relations avec une prostituée

🇪🇸Spanish

rimbombante

como o relacionado con una prostituta

🇮🇹Italian

meretrico

simile o relativo a una prostituta

🇳🇱Dutch

verdienstelijk

zoals of gerelateerd aan een prostituee

🇵🇹Portuguese

meretrício

gostar ou se relacionar com uma prostituta

🇷🇺Russian

продажный

похожий на проститутку или относящийся к ней

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दिखावे का

वेश्या की तरह या उससे संबंधित

🇧🇩Bengali

ধার্মিক

একটি পতিতার মত বা সম্পর্কিত

🇮🇳Tamil

தகுதியான

ஒரு விபச்சாரியை விரும்புவது அல்லது தொடர்புடையது

🇮🇳Telugu

గుణాత్మకమైన

ఒక వేశ్య ఇష్టం లేదా సంబంధించినది

🇮🇳Marathi

योग्य

वेश्येसारखे किंवा संबंधित

🇮🇳Gujarati

અયોગ્ય

વેશ્યા જેવું અથવા તેનાથી સંબંધિત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೆರೆಟ್ರಿಯಸ್

ವೇಶ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಇಷ್ಟಪಡುವುದು ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗുണപരമായ

ഒരു വേശ്യയെ ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടുന്നു അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਿਰਪੱਖ

ਇੱਕ ਵੇਸਵਾ ਵਾਂਗ ਜਾਂ ਉਸ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

محض

طوائف کی طرح یا اس سے متعلق

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

华而不实的

喜欢妓女或与妓女有关

🇯🇵Japanese

凡庸な

売春婦が好き、または売春婦に関連する

🇰🇷Korean

저속한

매춘부와 같거나 관련된

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đúng nghĩa

thích hoặc liên quan đến gái mại dâm

🇹🇭Thai

มีคุณธรรม

ชอบหรือเกี่ยวข้องกับโสเภณี

🇮🇩Indonesian

lacur

menyukai atau berhubungan dengan pelacur

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مخادع

مثل أو تتعلق بعاهرة

🇮🇷Persian

متریک

دوست داشتن یا ارتباط با یک فاحشه

🇹🇷Turkish

cömert

bir fahişe gibi veya onunla ilgili

🇮🇱Hebrew

מוּפקָר

אוהב או קשור לזונה

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