PRETENTIOUS


Meaning of PRETENTIOUS in English

pre ‧ ten ‧ tious /prɪˈtenʃəs/ BrE AmE adjective

if someone or something is pretentious, they try to seem more important, intelligent, or high class than they really are in order to be impressive OPP unpretentious :

a pretentious film

—pretentiously adverb

—pretentiousness noun [uncountable]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.