About The Word Pretentious
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Pretentious
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What's The Definition Of Pretentious?
[adj] intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"
[adj] making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" [adj] of a display that is tawdry or vulgar Synonyms | Synonyms for Pretentious: artsy-craftsy | arty | arty-crafty | conspicuous | flaunty | grandiloquent | grandiose | hifalutin | highfalutin | highfaluting | high-flown | high-flying | high-sounding | hoity-toity | inflated | jumped-up | kitsch | la-di-da | nouveau-riche | ostentatious | overblown | parvenu | parvenue | pompous | pontifical | portentous | sententious | sesquipedalian | showy | splashy | upstart(a) Related Terms | Find terms related to Pretentious: See Also | in poor taste(p) | tasteless Pretentious In Webster's Dictionary \Pre*ten"tious\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]tentieux. See
{Pretend}.]
Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is
one's; presuming; assuming. -- {Pre*ten"tious*ly}, adv. --
{Pre*ten"tious*ness}, n.
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