NOUN | attribute | pretentiousness, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation | lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity |
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attribute | pretentiousness, pretension, largeness | the quality of being pretentious / pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false / false appearance of great importance or worth) |
Meaning | lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity. | |
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Synonyms | ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation | |
Broader | inelegance | The quality of lacking refinement and good taste |
Spanish | ampulosidad, aparatosidad, ostentación, pomposidad, rimbombancia | |
Catalan | altisonància, ampul·lositat, aparatositat, grandiloqüència, ostentació, pompositat | |
Adjectives | pretentious | intended to attract notice and impress others |
pretentious | (of a display) tawdry or vulgar |
Meaning | The quality of being pretentious / pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false / false appearance of great importance or worth). | |
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Synonyms | pretension, largeness | |
Narrower | ostentation | pretentious / pretentious or showy or vulgar display |
Broader | unnaturalness | The quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles |
Opposite | unpretentiousness | The quality of being natural and without pretensions |
Spanish | apariencia, engaño, fingimiento, pretensión | |
Catalan | aparença, fingiment, pretensió, simulació | |
Adjectives | pretentious | making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |
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