PRETENTIOUS


Meaning of PRETENTIOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪtenʃəs ]

If you say that someone or something is pretentious , you mean that they try to seem important or significant, but you do not think that they are.

His response was full of pretentious nonsense...

ADJ [ disapproval ]

• pre‧ten‧tious‧ness

He has a tendency towards pretentiousness.

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