Qualities
Synonyms for ostentatious
The synonym for ostentatious recorded in this bank is pretentious, in the sense "intended to attract notice and impress others". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for ostentatious
- pretentiousadjective, in the sense "intended to attract notice and impress others"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day ostentatious is audited in a second meaning.
intended to attract notice and impress others
An ostentatious sable coat.
The true synonym
pretentious
Same sentence, swapped: An pretentious sable coat.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- frilly
- ornate
- boastful
Where ostentatious turns up in the game
ostentatious is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
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