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adjective
- 1. attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed: "pretentious art films"
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Pretentious means trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in matters of art and literature. Learn more about this word, its pronunciation, synonyms, and translations in different languages.
Pretentious means making unjustified or excessive claims of value or importance, or expressing affected or exaggerated stature. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles of pretentious.
Pretentious definition: characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved. See examples of PRETENTIOUS used in a sentence.
Use the adjective pretentious as a way to criticize people who try to act like they are more important or knowledgeable than they really are.
adjective. characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter. Synonyms: pompous. making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious. Synonyms: showy. full of pretense or pretension; having no factual basis; false. pretentious. / prɪˈtɛnʃəs / adjective.
Pretentious means claiming or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case. Find synonyms, pronunciation, translations and examples of pretentious in different contexts.
trying to appear important, intelligent, etc. in order to impress other people; trying to be something that you are not, in order to impress. That's a pretentious name for a dog! It was just an ordinary house—nothing pretentious. He's so pretentious! compareunpretentious.
