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21pretentious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. gaudy, ostentatious, conspicuous; see affected 2 , ornate 1 , pompous . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [pree TEN shus] putting on airs, especially of importance or grand ness, ostentatious. They were …
22pretentious — pre ten·tious || prɪ tenʃəs adj. impersonating, putting on a false appearance; pretending, feigning; arrogant, haughty …
23pretentious — Claiming or demanding an unjustified position of distinction or merit. Displaying extravagance. Other synonyms: ostentatious, phony, snobbish, pompous, flashy, flaunting, florid, turgid, bombastic, swaggering, strutting, peacockish, grandiose …
24pretentious — adjective attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed. Derivatives pretentiously adverb pretentiousness noun Origin C19: from Fr. prétentieux, from prétention (see pretension) …
25pretentious — a. [Recent.] Assuming, presuming, conceited, vain, priggish …
26pretentious — adj 1. alleging, claiming, professing, purporting, avowing; pretending, feigning. 2. pompous, bombastic, inflated, vain, vainglorious, peacockish, show offish; boastful, bragging, flaunting, rodomontade; egotistical, self important, self… …
27pretentious — pre·ten·tious …
28pretentious — [prɪˈtenʃəs] adj showing disapproval trying to seem more important, intelligent etc than you really are Ant: unpretentious …
29pretentious — pre•ten•tious [[t]prɪˈtɛn ʃəs[/t]] adj. 1) full of pretension; characterized by the assumption of dignity, importance, artistic distinction, etc 2) making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious; showy • Etymology: 1835–45; earlier pretensious …
30pretentious — /prəˈtɛnʃəs / (say pruh tenshuhs) adjective 1. full of pretension. 2. characterised by assumption of dignity or importance. 3. making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious. {Latin praetenti(o) pretension + ous} –pretentiously, adverb… …
