Translations for „ostentation“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

os·ten·ta·tion [ˌɒstenˈteɪʃən] N no pl

ostentation

bahanje n

ostentation

postavljanje n

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English

He never married; and while genial and kindly in nature, he was strongly opposed to anything savoring of ostentation.

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Though his fee starts at $85 for a process that uses varying curling irons and heat settings, there is a certain lack of ostentation to the results.

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Its simple facades, with no decoration, are uncommonly utilitarian, with a lack of ostentation typical of the period of its construction.

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Cautiousness and ardent passion, dry pedantry and piety, morality and sensuality; simplicity and ostentation composed his nature; and, hence, his literary productions never attained artistic finish.

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That the once universal sign of wealth, ordering a big steak, can be replaced by an equal sign of ostentation, a $17 carrot, means the needle is moving.

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Indeed, such ostentation indicated both the power of individual wealth and the powerlessness of the city.

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Restrictions on the length, ostentation, expense of and behaviour during funerals and mourning were gradually placed by a variety of law-givers.

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Without ostentation and with great singleness of purpose he devoted himself to the welfare of his regiment and the good of the service.

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His registrations were apt and had, without ostentation, a bold quality of definition and specificity about them.

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Hating whatever smacked of ostentation; he lived his life of duty as he saw it with a cheerful optimism which belongs to one confident of the victory of righteousness.

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