meretricious

adjectives

like or relating to a prostitute
"meretricious relationships"
meretricious
pertains to
prostitute
domain usage
the use of an archaic expression
archaicism, archaism
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, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
is derived from
meretriciousness
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
gilded, meretricious, specious
is derived from
meretriciousness