Nouns (2)
eclat
n. ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses"
gaudery
n. cheap or pretentious or vain display
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Fuzzynyms (33)
bluster, braggadocio, rodomontade
n. vain and empty boasting
crow, brag, bragging, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, vapouring
n. an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
bravado, bluster
n. a swaggering show of courage
panoply
n. a complete and impressive array
spectacle
n. something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight); "the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape"
flourish
n. a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"
ostentation, fanfare
n. a gaudy outward display
show
n. a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"
show, display
n. something intended to communicate a particular impression; "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested"
glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle
n. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
pageantry
n. a rich and spectacular ceremony
pretentiousness, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness
n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
affectation, affectedness
n. the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)
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pomp
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