ŏs'ten-tā'tiŏŭs, a.

(-tā'/shus), a. 1. Fond of excessive or offensive display; boastful. Your modesty is so far from being ostentatious of the good you do. Dryden. 2. Evincing ostentation; pretentious. “The ostentatious professions of many years.” Macaulay. Syn.—Pompous; boastful; vaunting; showy; gaudy.