pretentious
11pretentious — UK [prɪˈtenʃəs] / US adjective showing disapproval behaving in a way that is intended to impress other people but seems false or too deliberate It s so pretentious of her to greet everyone in French. a) used about someone s behaviour or attitude… …
12pretentious — adjective /pɹɪˈtɛnʃəs/ a) Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction. Their song titles are pretentious in the context of their basic lyrics. b) Ostentatious; intended to impress others. Her dress was obviously more pretentious… …
13pretentious — pre|ten|tious [prıˈtenʃəs] adj if someone or something is pretentious, they try to seem more important, intelligent, or high class than they really are in order to be impressive ≠ ↑unpretentious ▪ a pretentious film >pretentiously adv… …
14pretentious — adjective trying to seem more important, clever etc than you really are: It s pretentious of him to keep the complete works of Proust on full display. | a pretentious movie opposite unpretentious pretentiously adverb pretentiousness noun (U) …
15pretentious — adjective Clytemnestra is a pretentious name for a dog Syn: affected, ostentatious, showy; overambitious, pompous, artificial, inflated, overblown, high sounding, flowery, grandiose, elaborate, extravagant, flamboyant, ornate, grandiloquent,… …
16pretentious speech — index fustian Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
17pretentious talk — index rodomontade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
18Pretentious — Macbook …
19pretentious — pretentiously, adv. pretentiousness, n. /pri ten sheuhs/, adj. 1. full of pretense or pretension. 2. characterized by assumption of dignity or importance. 3. making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious. [1835 45; earlier pretensious. See… …
20pretentious — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Johnsonian, Marinistic, affected, ambitious, arrogant, artificial, arty, aureate, bedizened, big, big sounding, bombastic, chichi, classy, convoluted, declamatory, elaborate, elaborated,… …
