a superficial relationship
The definition of the word meretricious is apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity. For example: The souvenirs at the airport were meretricious.
Attracting attention in a vulgar manner.
The girl thought her outfit was flattering, when in actuality it was meretricious.
Good Lord, that day-glo green seashell hula doll is meretricious!
Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic., Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments.
That word is a tongue twister in of itself.
humble
No. "Meretorious" means "worthy of praise, valuable". "Meretricious" means "cheaply gaudy", like the way Lady GaGa dresses.
He had a pleasant smile, and he spoke so well, but something about his demeanour, to me at least, made him meretricious - it turned out he was a compulsive liar.
flagitious, judicious, lubricious, malicious, Mauritius, meretricious, nutritious, officious, pernicious...............
Some choices: brazen, tawdry, showy, ornate, blatant, meretricious, gaudy
The term "meretricious" refers to something that is attractive in a superficial or deceptive way, often lacking genuine value or integrity. It is commonly used to describe things that are flashy or showy but ultimately insubstantial or fraudulent. The word originates from the Latin "meretrix," meaning "prostitute," emphasizing a sense of moral or aesthetic shallowness.