English to Romanian Meaning of pretentious - pretenţios

Pretentious :

pretenţios

adjective

pretenţios, arogant, încrezut, zadar, înfumurat, declarat, obraznic, presupunând, mucos, flușturatic, ostentativ

Pretentious :: pretenţiosPretentiously :: pretentiouslyPretentiousness :: prețiozitateUnpretentious :: modest

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Definitions of pretentious in English

Adjective(1) making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved(2) intended to attract notice and impress others(3) (of a display

Examples of pretentious in English

(1) If we were too serious it might have come off as pretentious , heavy handed or silly.(2) Towards the other wives and their children she was always extremely imperious, haughty and pretentious .(3) If it looks or sounds pretentious , then that is what it will be accused of.(4) Some thought her pretentious , of which there are many greater crimes.(5) Of course a lot of what he said was pretentious rubbish but that is normal for art critics.(6) I was going to make a Cold War analogy here, but, let's face it, that would be ridiculously pretentious .(7) One of the things I dislike is pretentious people who chat a lot of hot air.(8) It's pleasingly literary without being pretentious ; plot is in no way sacrificed to prose.(9) Is it just pretentious rhetoric that I am using to avoid facing myself?(10) To say that the music is overblown and pretentious is rather an understatement.(11) He also had a convoluted and elaborate manner of speech that many thought pretentious .(12) What you want to do if you actually fancy being a pretentious intellectual is read the book.(13) It's loved by a small band of pretentious types who dress in black.(14) The council fools no one with its pretentious claims for being ├ö├ç├┐of world stature├ö├ç├û.(15) Apparently, the language used by wine writers is too flowery and pretentious .(16) What critic, or prince, could resist something so impressive and so pretentious ?

(1) pretension ::

pretensionare

(2) tension ::

tensiune

Synonyms

Adjective

1. affected ::

afectat

2. ostentatious ::

ostentativ

3. showy ::

arătos

4. overambitious ::

prea ambițios

5. pompous ::

pompos

6. artificial ::

artificial

7. inflated ::

umflat

8. overblown ::

care se potolește

9. high-sounding ::

Mare de sondare

10. flowery ::

înflorit

11. grandiose ::

grandios

12. elaborate ::

elaborat

13. extravagant ::

extravagant

14. flamboyant ::

flamboiant

15. ornate ::

bogat ornamentat

17. magniloquent ::

bombastic

18. sophomoric ::

pretenţios

19. flashy ::

bătător la ochi

20. highfalutin ::

sforăitor

21. fancy-pants ::

Pantaloni dichisiti

22. la-di-da ::

filfizon

23. pseudo ::

pseudo

Antonyms

1. modest ::

modest

Different Forms

pretentious, pretentiously, pretentiousness, unpretentious

Word Example from TV Shows

Pretentious name for a band of outlaws.

Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 7

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