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Meaning of word pretentious from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
pretentious adjective
Meaning : Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction.
Example :
A pretentious country house.
A pretentious fraud.
A pretentious scholarly edition.
Lacking pretension or affectation.
An unpretentious country church.Her quiet unpretentious demeanor.
unpretentious
Meaning : Intended to attract notice and impress others.
Example :
An ostentatious sable coat.
Synonyms : ostentatious
Not ostentatious.
His unostentatious office.Unostentatious elegance.
unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious
Meaning : (of a display) tawdry or vulgar.
Synonyms : ostentatious
