Definition of meretricious Meretricious
mer•e•tri•cious
We found 7 definitions of meretricious from 3 different sources.
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What does meretricious mean?
WordNet
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| meretricious - like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships" | ||
| meretricious - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" | ||
| brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy | ||
| tasteless lacking aesthetic or social taste | ||
| meretricious - based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument" | ||
| gilded, specious | ||
| insincere lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- meretricious (Adjective)
Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution. - meretricious (Adjective)
Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having no substance; falsely alluring.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- meretricious (a.)
Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic. - meretricious (a.)
Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments.
