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Meretricious is an English word with synonyms like woman or trashy. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Meretricious in a sentence

Meretricious meaning

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

Synonyms of Meretricious

woman trashy tawdry tatty tacky loud gimcrack gaudy garish flashy flash cheap brassy adult female tasteless

Related words

Other words often associated with Meretricious or its synonyms:

adult jazzy man grownup female showy inexpensive blaring earthshaking flat unflavoured worn

Using Meretricious

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • Useful related words include: woman, trashy, tawdry, tatty.

Context around Meretricious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

work 1× effects 1× vision 1×

Sentence patterns with Meretricious

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

adorn her meretricious vision of 1× routine and meretricious both works 1× superficial or meretricious effects 1× was a meretricious work that 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although critics proved 1× he believed that 1× he has disdained 1× she cuts the 1×

Common sentence endings:

begin to die 1× by the blind 1× or meretricious effects 1× russia and europe 1×

Words around Meretricious

Just before it in the word index:

meret 2 merest 9 mereseini 3 meres 8 merera 2 merengue 14

Just after it in the word index:

meretz 23 merewether 15 merey 2 merfey 4 merfolk 6 merganser 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Meretricious

  • In this selection, "meretricious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, work, effects and vision stand out and add context to how "meretricious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include adorn her meretricious vision of and routine and meretricious both works. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "meretricious" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with meretricious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

He has disdained superficial or meretricious effects. (7 words)

He believed that Picasso’s was a meretricious work that should be burned and that mortadella was made by the blind. (21 words)

She cuts the roses and puts them in vases, where they adorn her "meretricious vision of what makes for beauty" and begin to die. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

Although critics proved hostile, with César Cui calling the symphony "routine" and "meretricious", both works were received with extreme enthusiasm by audiences and Tchaikovsky, undeterred, continued to conduct the symphony in Russia and Europe. (34 words)

She cuts the roses and puts them in vases, where they adorn her "meretricious vision of what makes for beauty" and begin to die. (24 words)

He believed that Picasso’s was a meretricious work that should be burned and that mortadella was made by the blind. (21 words)

Example sentences (4)

He believed that Picasso’s was a meretricious work that should be burned and that mortadella was made by the blind.

Although critics proved hostile, with César Cui calling the symphony "routine" and "meretricious", both works were received with extreme enthusiasm by audiences and Tchaikovsky, undeterred, continued to conduct the symphony in Russia and Europe.

He has disdained superficial or meretricious effects.

She cuts the roses and puts them in vases, where they adorn her "meretricious vision of what makes for beauty" and begin to die.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "meretricious" in a sentence?
An example: "He believed that Picasso’s was a meretricious work that should be burned and that mortadella was made by the blind." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "meretricious" from authentic English texts.
What does "meretricious" mean?
Meretricious means: Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
What are synonyms of "meretricious"?
Common synonyms of "meretricious" include: woman, trashy, tawdry, tatty, tacky, loud, gimcrack, gaudy. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "meretricious" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "meretricious", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.