Ostentation and Squib

Ostentation

Ostentation noun - Excessive or unnecessary display.

Squib and ostentation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Squib" instead a noun "Ostentation".

Nearby Words: ostentatious, ostentatiously

Squib

Squib noun - Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise.

Ostentation and squib are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ostentation" instead a noun "Squib".
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