pretentious
adjective /prɪˈten.ʃəs/ disapprovingDefinition
› trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in matters of art and literature: a pretentious art critic The novel deals with grand themes, but is never heavy or pretentious.Affected and insincere pretentiously /-li/ adverb pretentiousness /-nəs/ noun [U] (also pretension) › I couldn't believe the pretentiousness of the book.Affected and insincere
(Definition of pretentious adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- affectation noun
- affected adjective
- artificial adjective
- arty-farty adjective
- campy adjective
- cheesy adjective (BAD STYLE)
- fey adjective
- forced adjective
- glib adjective
- histrionic adjective
- histrionics noun
- meretricious adjective
- pious adjective (PRETENDING)
- preciously adverb
- precocious adjective
- pretension noun
- pseud(o)- prefix
- rent-a- prefix
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