How do you pronounce meretricious?

meretricious is pronounced as /ˌmɛrəˈtrɪʃəs/.

✨meretricious

adjective

/ˌmɛrəˈtrɪʃəs/

apparently attractive but having no real value or integrity.

The design was flashy but meretricious.

tawdry, flashy, gaudy, showy, superficial

genuine, authentic, real

meretricious display, meretricious design, meretricious charm, meretricious style

Deserving hatred and contempt; vile or shameful.

Sudden or unexpected, often without warning.

having a particular form or appearance

Based on illusion; not real or actual.

existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden; dormant

pure and morally good; abstaining from sexual activity