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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