meretricious

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

cridaner

estrident

vulgar

llampant

Sinònims

gaudy

garish

tawdry

flashy

specious

flash

spurious

tacky

tatty

trashy

loud

cheap

ostentatious

gilded

for show

gimcrack

brassy

showy

unchaste

wanton

whorish

cheapjack

pretentious

bastard

dashing

false

flamboyant

flossy

hokey

inauthentic

indecent

obscene

artificial

prim

seductive

sham

show off

sporty

swanky

unauthentic

Traduccions

spécieux

opzichtig

llamativo

dirnenhaft

fort

πορνικός

επιτηδευμένος

économique

επιδεικτικός

factice

de mauvais goût

tapageur

voyant

criard

bariolé

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌmɛɹɪˈtɹɪʃəs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Latin meretrīcius, from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”) (English merit) + -trīx (“(female agent)”) (English -trix).