meretricious
1. [ adjective ] tastelessly showy
Synonyms: gaudy cheap loud flashy tawdry tacky tatty garish trashy gimcrack flash brassy
Examples:

"a flash car" "a flashy ring" "garish colors" "a gaudy costume" "loud sport shirts" "a meretricious yet stylish book" "tawdry ornaments"

Related terms: tasteless
2. [ adjective ] (archaic) like or relating to a prostitute
Examples:

"meretricious relationships"

Related terms: archaism prostitute
3. [ adjective ] based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
Synonyms: specious gilded
Examples:

"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility" "meretricious praise" "a meretricious argument"

Related terms: insincere
Similar spelling:   meretriciously