Pretentious - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |prɪˈtenʃəs|  American pronunciation of the word pretentious
Brit.  |prɪˈtenʃəs|  British pronunciation of the word pretentious

adjective

- (of a display) tawdry or vulgar (syn: ostentatious)

Extra examples

The houses in the neighborhood are large and pretentious.

...that pretentious couple always serves caviar at their parties, even though they themselves dislike it...

He regards art critics as a bunch of pretentious aesthetes.

It is hard to be pretentious or elevated in Yiddish, and easy to poke fun.

To anyone ignorant of the underlying physics, it might seem the most arrogant and pretentious necromancy.

Her boyfriend's just a pretentious twerp.

He lived no day of his life without saying a pretentious ineptitude.

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