PRETENTIOUS
\pɹɪtˈɛnʃəs], \pɹɪtˈɛnʃəs], \p_ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_s]\
Definitions of PRETENTIOUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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of a display that is tawdry or vulgar
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making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
By Princeton University
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of a display that is tawdry or vulgar
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making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
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By Oddity Software
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Pretentiously.
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Pretentiousness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Making overweening pretensions; assuming an air of superiority.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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