The strain of his pretension is just too much to bear.
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Pretension
Synonyms for "pretension" (193 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (58)
delusiondemanddevicedisguisedisplaydissemblancedissemblingdissimulationdivine rightdroitdueexcusefacadefacefacultyfakeryfakingfalse airfalse frontfalse show
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falsityfeigned belieffeigningfeintflashinessflatulenceflatulencyfour-flushingfraudfrontfulsomenessgarishnessgaudinessgiltglossgrandiloquencegrandiosenessgrandiosityguisehandlehigh-flown dictionhumbughumbuggeryhypocrisyimageimpostureinalienable rightinflatednessinflationinsincerityinterestlame excuselexiphanicismlocus standiloftinesslofty affectationsluridness
Noun(1 words)
Related words (96)
magniloquencemake believemake-believemannerismmaskmasquerademere rhetoricmere showmeretriciousnessnatural rightorotundityostensible motiveostentostentationostentatious complexityostentatiousnessoutward showpageantplatitudinous ponderosityplayacting
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polysyllabic profunditypompositypompous prolixitypompousnesspontificationpoor excuseposeposingposturepowerprerogativeprescriptionpresumptive rightpretendingpretensepretensionspretextproper claimproperty rightprose run madprotestationprunes and prismspublic imagepublic motiveput offput onput-offput-onputting on airsrefugerepresentationrhetoricrhetoricalnessrightscreenseemingsemblancesensationalismsententiousnessshamshowshowinesssidesimulacrumsimulationsmoke screensnobberyspeciousnessstalking horsestalking-horsestiltednessstratagemstylishnesssubterfugeswelling utteranceswollen phraseswollennesstall talktitletortuositytortuousnesstricktumiditytumidnessturgescenceturgidityunnaturalnessvarnishveilvested interestvested rightwindow dressing
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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7 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 11 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- дәғүә noun (claim)
Bulgarian
2 entries- претенциозност noun (pretentiousness)
- претенция noun (claim)
Dutch
2 entries- aanmatiging noun (pretentiousness)
- pretentie noun (claim)
French
2 entries- prétention noun (claim)
- prétention noun (pretentiousness)
Irish
1 entries- móiréis noun (pretentiousness)
Portuguese
1 entries- pretensão noun (claim)
Romanian
2 entries- pretenție noun (claim)
- pretențiozitate noun (pretentiousness)
Russian
2 entries- претензия noun (claim)
- притязание noun (claim)
Spanish
2 entries- pretención noun (pretentiousness)
- pretensión noun (claim)
Swedish
4 entries- choser noun (claim)
- choser noun (pretentiousness)
- sjåser noun (claim)
- sjåser noun (pretentiousness)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прете́нзія noun (claim)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Art isn't the pretension of perfection.
Source: tatoeba (12258349)
As a foreign stamp gazette it is nowhere. An article on Stamp Collecting, by J. E. Gray, “reprinted from one of his books,” and a catalogue of stamps constitute its sole attraction. We are surprised to find such sounding pretentions so poorly supported.
Source: wiktionary
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