Meaning & use
ritz
Ostentatious elegance, glamour, or style, especially associated with wealth.
See it in a sentence
The old hotel lobby still had a touch of old-world ritz.
They wanted a wedding with plenty of ritz, from the flowers to the band.
A note on using this word
Ritz comes from the luxury Ritz hotels and is common in the informal phrase put on the ritz.
Words with a similar meaning
glamourflashiness
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Words with an opposite meaning
plainness
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