The people who come on the Maury Povich show often make pretentious claims about their lovers cheating on them.
Source: tatoeba (1957)
Pretentious
/pɹɪˈtɛn.t͡ʃəs/
Synonyms for "pretentious" (248 found)
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Closest matches (50)
Adjective(12 words)
ostentatiousacademic soundingaffectedaffected statearistocraticartierartsierartsyarty designboastfulcultivated tasteelitist
affectedambitiousarrogantartificialartyaureatebedizenedbigbig-soundingboastfulbombasticchichichimericalclassyconvoluteddashingdeclamatoryegotisticelaborateelaborated
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Noun(11 words)
affected studentsartiestassumingattitudinizingbig shotbigwigsbluestockingbrainiaccantingdilettanteelite
Verb(4 words)
Strong matches (74)
euphuisticexaggeratedexaltedextravagantfancyfeignedflamboyantflamingflashyflauntingfloridflossyfloweryfulsomegarishgassygaudygenteelglorifiedgongoresque
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gongoristicgorgeousgrandgrandiloquentgrandiosegrandisonanthaughtyhigh and mightyhigh flownhigh flyinghigh soundinghigh-flowinghigh-flownhigh-flyinghigh-hathigh-soundinghigh-swellinghigh-tonedhighfalutinhighfalutinghistrionichoity-toityhyperelegantimposinginflatedinkhorninsincerejohnsonianla-di-dalabyrinthinelexiphanicloftylurid
Adjective(14 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (124)
luxuriousmagniloquentmanieremanneredmarinisticmeretriciousmincingopulentorotundostentatiousoveractedoverbearingoverblownoverdoneoverelaborateoverelegantoverinvolvedoverniceoverrefinedoverwrought
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peacockishpeacockypedanticpompousprecieuseprecieuxpreciouspresumptuousproudput-onrhetoricalsensationalsensationalisticsententiousshowysnobbishsnottysonoroussplashystagystiltedstudiedstylishsupercilioussuperficialswankswollentalltheatricaltonytoo-tootortuoustumidturgidunnaturalutopianvaingloriousvauntingvisionarywindy
Noun(18 words)
machomost high-societyornamental qualityparadingparvenuposturingrhetorical methodshowboatingshowoffsophisticatingstruttingswaggeringswellheadupstageupstartedwannabeewannabesyuppy
Adjective(34 words)
modishornamental objectornate proseoverweeningplummypompousportentousposhpreppiestpresumptuouspretension ladenprivate club etiquettepuffiestquaintestritziestritzysciolisticshowysnobbiersnobbiest
Adjective(9 words)
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More general
2 entriesadjectivepejorative descriptor
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5 entriesCollocations
6 entriespretentious attitudepretentious behaviorpretentious dictionpretentious rhetoricpretentious stylepretentious tone
Inflections
2 entriesmore pretentiousmost pretentious
Derivations
3 entriesAntonyms
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29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Her nature is neither affected nor pretentious.
Source: tatoeba (328345)
The French language, by the way, is a clear stream that affected writers have never been, and will never be able to ripple. Each century has thrown in this limpid current its fashions, its pretentious archaisms and its preciousness, without anything surfacing from those useless attempts, those powerless efforts. The nature of this language is to be clear, logical and nervous. It won't let itself be weakened, obscured or corrupted.
Source: tatoeba (704834)
You are so pretentious!
Source: tatoeba (1485709)
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