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- Dictionarymeretricious/ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs/
adjective
- 1. apparently attractive but having no real value: "meretricious souvenirs for the tourist trade"
- 2. relating to or characteristic of a prostitute. archaic
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Jul 23, 2012 · 1. : of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution. meretricious relationships. 2. a. : tawdrily and falsely attractive. the paradise they found was a piece of meretricious trash Carolyn See. b. : superficially (see superficial sense 2) significant : pretentious.
MERETRICIOUS definition: 1. seeming attractive but really false or of little value: 2. seeming attractive but really false…. Learn more.
MERETRICIOUS meaning: 1. seeming attractive but really false or of little value: 2. seeming attractive but really false…. Learn more.
Meretricious definition: alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry. . See examples of MERETRICIOUS used in a sentence.
If you describe something as meretricious, you disapprove of it because although it looks attractive it is actually of little value.
Definitions of meretricious. adjective. tastelessly showy. “a meretricious yet stylish book” synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, glitzy, loud, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy. tasteless. lacking aesthetic or social taste. adjective. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing. “ meretricious praise” “a meretricious argument”
1. a. Attracting attention in a vulgar manner: meretricious ornamentation. b. Plausible but false or insincere; specious: made a meretricious argument. 2. Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution: meretricious relationships.
