pretentious
Meaning of pretentious
adjective
- Intended to impress others; ostentatious.
Her dress was obviously more pretentious than comfortable.
- Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
Their song titles are pretentious in the context of their basic lyrics.
Information about pretentious
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of pretentious
pre-ten-tious
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- pretentious is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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Translation of pretentious
- German: vermessen, überheblich, hybrid, arrogant, eingebildet, anmaßend
- French: outrecuidant, présomptueux, arrogant, prétentieux
- Spanish: arrogante, presuntuoso, soberbio, presuntuosa, soberbia, altanero, pretencioso, pretenciosa, altanera
- Portuguese: presunçoso, presumido
- Italian: arrogante, superbo, presuntuoso, baldanzoso, pretenzioso
Anagrams of pretentious
Words that rhyme with pretentious
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