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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 quotes

  • (..) Wow! Hmm... I think it's one of the prettiest. But its not done out. Yeah. Wait! Whose that one? Well that I don't know. Looks a bit pretentious, don't you think? Is it? Well, to me, these all seems like the Taj Mahal. I know the feeling. And here is where Joan Crawford lives. (..)
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