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Pretentious Meaning in English

word

/pɹiˈtɛnʃəs/
pri-TEN-shuhs
/pɹɪtˈɛnʃəs/
pri-TEN-shuhs

परिभाषा

Trying to appear more important, intelligent, or cultured than you really are, often in a way that is annoying or fake.

उपयोग और बारीकियां

"Pretentious" is used mainly in informal or critical contexts to describe people, behavior, art, or language that tries too hard to impress. It's negative and implies fakeness or exaggeration. Common with 'a pretentious restaurant', 'pretentious writing', or 'sounds pretentious'.

उदाहरण वाक्य

Her style is a bit pretentious for this simple event.

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He sounded pretentious when he talked about his new car.

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Many people find that movie too pretentious.

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The restaurant tries to be fancy, but it just comes off as pretentious.

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Some people use big words just to sound pretentious.

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Honestly, I thought the speech was interesting, but not at all pretentious.

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