Associations to the word «Meretricious»

MERETRICIOUS, adjective. (obsolete) Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.

MERETRICIOUS, adjective. (legal) Involving unlawful sexual connection or lack of consent by at least one party (said of a romantic relationship)

MERETRICIOUS, adjective. Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.

MERETRICIOUS, adjective. Like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships".

MERETRICIOUS, adjective. Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments".

MERETRICIOUS, adjective. Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument".