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Ostentatious


OSTENTA'TIOUS, adjective

1. Making a display from vanity; boastful; fond of presenting one's endowments or works to others in an advantageous light.

Your modesty is so far from being ostentatious of the good you do -

2. Showy; gaudy; intended for vain display; as ostentatious ornaments.