Definition of Meretricious

Adjective

  • based on pretense
    deceptively pleasing
    "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
    "meretricious praise"
    "a meretricious argument"
  • tastelessly showy
    "a flash car"
    "a flashy ring"
    "garish colors"
    "a gaudy costume"
    "loud sport shirts"
    "a meretricious yet stylish book"
    "tawdry ornaments"
  • like or relating to a prostitute
    "meretricious relationships"
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Unscramble meretricious

1137 unscramble word found using the letters meretricious.
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