PRETENTIOUS


Meaning of PRETENTIOUS in English

adj. 25B6; adjective AFFECTED, ostentatious, showy; overambitious, pompous, artificial, inflated, overblown, high-sounding, flowery, grandiose, elaborate, extravagant, flamboyant, ornate, grandiloquent, magniloquent; N. Amer. sophomoric; informal flashy, highfalutin, la-di-da, pseudo; Brit. informal poncey.

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