- Types Of Speech
- You can use meretricious as a article or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Meretricious
- A 4 syllables article and 12 letters with the letters c, e, i, m, o, r, s, t, and u, 6 consonants, 6 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letters ri. Meretricious starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters m, me, mer, mere, meret, and the ending characters are s, us, ous, ious, cious, ..
- Definition
- Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Meretricious is set as a sat word that starts with m, ends with s, 4 syllables, 6 vowels and 12 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Meretricious in Pig Latin is said as "eretriciousmay or eretriciousmway".
- Unigram
- m | e | r | e | t | r | i | c | i | o | u | s
- Bigram
- me | er | re | et | tr | ri | ic | ci | io | ou | us
- Trigram
- mer | ere | ret | etr | tri | ric | ici | cio | iou | ous
- Quadrigram
- mere | eret | retr | etri | tric | rici | icio | ciou | ious
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- based on pretense;
deceptively pleasing;
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility";
"meretricious praise";
"a meretricious argument" - tastelessly showy;
"a flash car";
"a flashy ring";
"garish colors";
"a gaudy costume";
"loud sport shirts";
"a meretricious yet stylish book";
"tawdry ornaments"
- Article Examples
- like or relating to a prostitute;
"meretricious relationships"
Synonym | Definition |
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Academic | an educator who works at a college or university |
Aerial | a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer |
Aeriform | characterized by lightness and insubstantiality as impalpable or intangible as air "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle "aerial fancies" "an airy apparition" "physical rather than ethereal forms" |
Aery | any habitation at a high altitude |
Affected | acted upon influenced |
Aflare | streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her" "flying banners" "flags waving in the breeze" |
Airy | characterized by lightness and insubstantiality as impalpable or intangible as air "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle "aerial fancies" "an airy apparition" "physical rather than ethereal forms" |
Alleged | declared but not proved "alleged abuses of housing benefits"- Wall Street Journal |
Altogether | informal terms for nakedness "in the raw" "in the altogether" "in his birthday suit" |
Antic |
View all cognitive synonyms for Meretricious
Anagram | Definition |
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Meretricious | based on pretense deceptively pleasing "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility" "meretricious praise" "a meretricious argument" |
View English words with the unique letters used in meretricious. Words With The Letters Ceimorstu
Similar Word | Definition |
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Insincere | lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere" |
Meretricious Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With M
- Ends With S