meretricious
adjective | /meretricious/
Advanced WordsHARD
apparently attractive but having no real value
meretricious
adjective | /meretricious/
Advanced WordsHARDapparently attractive but having no real value
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Synonyms
flashypretentiousgaudytawdrytrashygarish
Antonyms
genuinerealundecoratedunembellished
Examples
"Compared to the clean, straightforward prose of his earlier works, this author's new style of using excessive profanity and sexual imagery is just a lot of meretricious garbage."
"Many people were fooled by the meretricious promises of the politician."
Mnemonic Trick
Meretricious = Merit + Tricks → Something that pretends to have merit but is really just a trick.
Source: Advanced WordsAdded: 9/9/2025
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