PRETENTIOUS

Meaning of PRETENTIOUS in English

adj. impersonating, putting on a false appearance; pretending, feigning; arrogant, haughty

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PRETENTIOUS — adjective Etymology: French prétentieux, from prétention pretension, from Medieval Latin pretention-, pretentio, from Latin praetendere Date: 1832 characterized by pretension: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRETENTIOUS — prēˈtenchəs, prə̇ˈ- adjective Etymology: French prétentieux, from prétention pretension (from Medieval Latin praetention-, praetentio ) + -eux -ous 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRETENTIOUS — (a.) Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.
Английский словарь Webster
PRETENTIOUS — ( a. ) Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRETENTIOUS — — pretentiously , adv. — pretentiousness , n. /pri ten"sheuhs/ , adj. 1. full of pretense or pretension. 2. characterized …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRETENTIOUS — adjective Etymology: French prétentieux, from prétention pretension, from Medieval Latin pretention-, pretentio, from Latin praetendere Date: 1832 1. : characterized …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRETENTIOUS — adj full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.
Webster English vocab
PRETENTIOUS — ■ adjective attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed. Derivatives ~ly adverb ~ness noun …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRETENTIOUS — [pre.ten.tious] adj [F pretentieux, fr. pretention pretension, fr. ML praetention-, praetentio, fr. L praetendere] (1837) 1: characterized by pretension: as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRETENTIOUS — pretentious BrE AmE pri ˈten t ʃ əs prə- ▷ pretentious|ly li ▷ pretentious|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRETENTIOUS — / prɪˈtenʃəs; NAmE / adjective ( disapproving ) trying to appear important, intelligent, etc. in order to impress other people; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRETENTIOUS — pre ‧ ten ‧ tious /prɪˈtenʃəs/ BrE AmE adjective if someone or something is pretentious, they try to seem more …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRETENTIOUS — adj. 1 making an excessive claim to great merit or importance. 2 ostentatious. øøpretentiously adv. pretentiousness n. [F pr÷tentieux (as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRETENTIOUS — adj. 1 making an excessive claim to great merit or importance. 2 ostentatious. pretentiously adv. pretentiousness n. [ F prétentieux …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRETENTIOUS — adj.1 making an excessive claim to great merit or importance. 2 ostentatious. Derivatives: pretentiously adv. pretentiousness n. Etymology: F pr{eacute}tentieux …
Oxford English vocab
PRETENTIOUS — If you say that someone or something is pretentious , you mean that they try to seem important or significant, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRETENTIOUS — If you say that someone or something is ~, you mean that they try to seem important or significant, but …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PRETENTIOUS — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a pretentious movie ▪ He has a pretentious style of writing, using four very …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRETENTIOUS — [adjective] [disapproving] - trying to give the appearance of great importance, esp. in matters of art and literature, in a …
Cambridge English vocab
PRETENTIOUS — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Johnsonian, Marinistic, affected, ambitious, arrogant, artificial, arty, aureate, bedizened, big, big-sounding, bombastic, chichi, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRETENTIOUS — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: SHOWY , chichi, flamboyant, orchidaceous, ostentatious, peacockish, peacocky, splashy, swank Antonyms: unpretentious 2 Synonyms: GENTEEL …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PRETENTIOUS — a. [ Recent .] Assuming, presuming, conceited, vain, priggish.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
PRETENTIOUS — adjective 1. Synonyms: showy , chichi, flamboyant, orchidaceous, ostentatious, peacockish, peacocky, splashy, swank Antonyms: unpretentious 2. Synonyms: genteel 3, affected, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRETENTIOUS — See ↑ SHOW OFF 3
Longman Activator English vocab
PRETENTIOUS — adj. 1 ostentatious, showy, superficial, pompous, arrogant, bombastic, inflated, high-flown, exaggerated, vainglorious, fastuous, grandiose, grandiloquent, extravagant, magniloquent The minister's pretentious …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PRETENTIOUS — прил. 1) вычурный, претенциозный Syn : affected, ornate, showy, ostentatious 2) надменный претенциозный - * book претенциозная книга - to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRETENTIOUS — pretentious.ogg prıʹtenʃəs a 1> претенциозный pretentious book manner, style - претенциозная книга манера, -ый стиль to speak in pretentious language …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRETENTIOUS — pretentious прил.1) вычурный, претенциозный Syn:affected, ornate, showy, ostentatious 2) надменный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRETENTIOUS — a 1> претенциозный pretentious book manner, style - претенциозная книга манера, -ый стиль to speak in pretentious language - говорить …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PRETENTIOUS — прил. 1) вычурный, претенциозный Syn : affected, ornate, showy, ostentatious 2) надменный претенциозный - * book претенциозная книга - to …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRETENTIOUS — adj. Pronunciation: pri- ' ten(t)-sh ə s Function: adjective Etymology: French prétentieux, from prétention pretension, from Medieval Latin pretention-, pretentio, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PRETENTIOUS — adj. 25B6; adjective AFFECTED, ostentatious, showy; overambitious, pompous, artificial, inflated, overblown, high-sounding, flowery, grandiose, elaborate, extravagant, flamboyant, ornate, grandiloquent, magniloquent; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRETENTIOUS — Претенциозный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRETENTIOUS — (a) возомнивший о себе; вычурный; претнциозный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PRETENTIOUS — a 1) претенциозный ~ book [manner, style] - претенциозная книга [манера, -ый стиль] to speak in ~ language - говорить …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PRETENTIOUS — adj. много о себе возомнивший, показной, притязательный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PRETENTIOUS — adj. много о себе возомнивший, показной, притязательный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PRETENTIOUS — прил. 1) вычурный, претенциозный Syn: affected , ornate , showy , ostentatious 2) надменный
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PRETENTIOUS — прил. 1) вычурный, претенциозный Syn: affected, ornate, showy, ostentatious 2) надменный
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PRETENTIOUS — _a. 1> претенциозный, вычурный 2> много о себе возомнивший
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PRETENTIOUS — a. 1. претенциозный, вычурный 2. много о себе возомнивший
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PRETENTIOUS — претенциозный, вычурный много о себе возомнивший
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
PRETENTIOUS — _a. 1> претенциозный, вычурный 2> много о себе возомнивший
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
PRETENTIOUS — [adj.] претенциозный
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
PRETENTIOUS — a претенциозный
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
PRETENTIOUS — претенциозный
English-Russian Online Dictionary
PRETENTIOUS — претенциозный
English-Russian vocab
PRETENTIOUS — претенциозный
Англо-Русский словарь

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