pretentious (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
examples a pretentious country house
a pretentious fraud
a pretentious scholarly edition
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Also see tasteless
Derivationally related form pretentious → pretense; pretentious → pretentiousness
Antonym pretentious → unpretentious
Similar to arty; artsy-craftsy, arty-crafty; grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous; grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da; high-flown, high-sounding, inflated; jumped-up; nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue, upstart(a); sententious; sesquipedalian
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Similar to arty; artsy-craftsy, arty-crafty; grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous; grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da; high-flown, high-sounding, inflated; jumped-up; nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue, upstart(a); sententious; sesquipedalian
Antonym unpretentious → pretentious
Also see tasteless
Derived from adjective pretentiously → pretentious
Derivationally related form pretentiousness → pretentious; pretense → pretentious

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