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pretentious

Definition

  • adjective: having or showing the unpleasant quality of people who want to be regarded as more impressive, successful, or important than they really are
  • adjective: characterized by pretension
  • synonyms: presuming, assuming, poseur

Examples

  • The houses in the neighborhood are large and 'pretentious'.

  • a 'pretentiously' decorated hotel

  • a 'pretentious' restaurant/movie

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) If you had boobs I wouldn't touch them either. I respect you so much. Because... I love you. I love you, too. Let's name our star Claude. That's pretentious, don't you think? -It's French. What should we name it? Bruce. I LOVE YOU! -I love you... (..)
    2017 Lady Bird