meretricious

Adjective

• like or relating to a prostitute
  • "meretricious relationships"

Adjective Satellite

• tastelessly showy
  • "a meretricious yet stylish book"
• based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
  • "meretricious praise"
  • "a meretricious argument"

Adj

• Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
• Involving unlawful sexual connection or lack of consent by at least one party (said of a romantic relationship).
• Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.

Synonyms

brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gilded, gimcrack, loud, specious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

Related Words

merit

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