Associations to the word «Pretentious»
Noun
Wiktionary
PRETENTIOUS, adjective. Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
PRETENTIOUS, adjective. Ostentatious; intended to impress others.
Dictionary definition
PRETENTIOUS, adjective. Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition".
PRETENTIOUS, adjective. Intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat".
PRETENTIOUS, adjective. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.