adj. Function: adjective
1
Synonyms: SHOWY , chichi, flamboyant, orchidaceous, ostentatious, peacockish, peacocky, splashy, swank
Antonyms: unpretentious
2
Synonyms: GENTEEL 3, affected, la-di-da, ||lardy-dardy, mincing, stilted, too-too
Antonyms: unpretentious
3 flamboyant, turgid, or bombastic in manner or content FF1C; a pretentious literary style FF1E;
Synonyms: arty, arty-crafty, big, high-sounding, imposing, overblown
Related Words: affected, feigned, put-on; pompier; aureate, bombastic, euphuistic, flowery, grandiloquent, magniloquent, rhetorical; inflated, tumid, turgid
Contrasted Words: heartfelt, hearty, sincere, unfeigned, wholehearted, whole-souled; artless, genuine, natural, simple, unaffected
Antonyms: unpretentious
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Synonyms: AMBITIOUS 2, grandiose, lofty, utopian, visionary