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单词 pretentious
释义
Pretentious
adjadj.allmaking claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
Examples:
  • a pretentious country house
  • a pretentious fraud
  • a pretentious scholarly edition
Antonyms:unpretentious
Derivationally Related Form:pretensepretentiousness
Inherited Hypernyms:pretentious
Similar to:artsy-craftsy arty-crafty arty grandiloquent overblown pompous pontifical portentous grandiose hifalutin highfalutin highfaluting hoity-toity la-di-da high-flown high-sounding inflated jumped-up nouveau-riche parvenu parvenue upstart sententious sesquipedalian
See also:tasteless
adjadj.allintended to attract notice and impress others
Synset:ostentatious
Examples:
  • an ostentatious sable coat
Antonyms:unostentatious
Derivationally Related Form:ostentatiousnessostentationpretentiousness
Inherited Hypernyms:ostentatious
Similar to:flamboyant showy splashy flaunty
adj satadj.all(of a display) tawdry or vulgar
Synset:ostentatious
Antonyms:tasteful
Derivationally Related Form:ostentatiousnesspretentiousness
Inherited Hypernyms:ostentatious
Similar to:tasteless
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