meretricious

adj 1: (archaic) like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious

relationships"

2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish

colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a

meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: {brassy},

{cheap}, {flash}, {flashy}, {garish}, {gaudy}, {gimcrack},

{loud}, {tacky}, {tatty}, {tawdry}, {trashy}]

3: based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and

perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious

praise"; "a meretricious argument" [syn: {gilded}, {specious}]