as in pomp
excessive or unnecessary display
service that is the essence of swank: the waiters pull out your chair for you and even place your napkin on your lap
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or swanky
as in loud
excessively showy
drove up in a red sports car, the swank interior of which was decorated in silver and black
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Recent Examples of swank
Josh Max, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
To tap into their spot’s downtown ethos, the trio tapped industry titan Billy Cotton to design an interior swank enough to match the food at Bridges.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2024
Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
Such speculation is fueled by reports of Qatar hiring unregistered foreign agents and public officials failing to disclose swanky trips paid for by the country.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2026
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
This Bible swanks a custom embossing of the inauguration date, and like other Bibles in the collection, it is written in the King James translation and includes historic American documents, like the text of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The 2024 Spectre only got a two-day test drive in Long Beach, CA, earlier this week, but that was enough to experience a warm bath of utter swank, style and power of the electric supercar.
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The leader of the fancy-patty movement, for me, though, is Bar Kabawa, the swanky, sexy East Village Daiquiri joint that’s attached to Kabawa, the chef Paul Carmichael’s marvellous Caribbean tasting-menu spot.
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What the Voice of the People is saying is: ‘Look at that frightful ass Spode swanking about in footer bags.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for swank
Noun
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But through their ups and downs, the Globes have always tried to put pomp over politics.—
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Arsenal were in their pomp, and would finish the season as Premier League champions, unbeaten as the ‘Invincibles’.—
Adjective
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Their noise got loudest at night when the city became quiet.—
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Sports radio can be loud and raucous, blaring with bluster and bellowing.—
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Putin has bragged that Oreshnik's multiple warheads plunge at rates of up to ten times the speed of sound and can't be intercepted, and that several of them used in a conventional strike could be as devastating as a nuclear attack.—
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But is that really something to brag about?—
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Glassware without a microwave-safe label should not be used, including non-tempered glass, antique or fragile glassware, or glass with metallic trims or decorations.—
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After a few days, store them for winter or display your pumpkins for autumn decorations.—
Adjective
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Simons also emphasized that December jobs data are among the noisiest of the year and should not be over-interpreted.—
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And then there is the noisy parade of vehicles passing nearby on their way to who knows what?—
Verb
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Die a hero, or live long enough to become Gen Z’s swaggering grandfather.—
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Katy Perry was swaggering about in a garish new hat.—
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But a few weeks ago, one resident decided to look past the spectacle.—
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The Mather Overlook, situated along the Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive, is a great place to stop and admire the nighttime spectacle.—
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Kempinski Istanbul Housed in an ornate former Ottoman palace on the shores of the Bosphorus Strait, the Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul is the ultimate luxury hotel in Istanbul.—
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Nutcrackercore For those seeking theatrical glamour, Nutcrackercore delivers escapism through ornate decor.—
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“Swank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swank. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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