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    SPLASHINESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanityplay

    Synonyms:

    inflation; ostentation; ostentatiousness; pomposity; pompousness; pretentiousness; puffiness; splashiness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("splashiness" is a kind of...):

    inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)

    Derivation:

    ostentatious ((of a display) tawdry or vulgar)

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