meretricious – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
meretricious
adj.
alluring in a vulgar or gaudy way; wanton, lewd; cheap, loud; of or pertaining to a prostitute; deceptive, based on a falsehood
Prostitution
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in
sexual relations in exchange for
payment or some other benefit. Prostitution is sometimes described as
commercial sex.
meretricious
Adjective
1. like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships"
(pertainym) prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street
(classification) archaism, archaicism
2. tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
(synonym) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
(similar) tasteless, in poor taste(p)
3. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
(synonym) gilded, specious
(similar) insincere
Meretricious
(a.)
Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
meretricious
adj.
1. pertaining to prostitutes
کسبي کا, فاحشہ صفت, کامي
2. showy
ظاہر داري کا, جھوٹا, نمايشي, (بھڑکدار, پُرتصنع, طمطراق دار)
