How to Pronounce “pretentious”
word
/pɹiˈtɛnʃəs/
/pɹɪtˈɛnʃəs/
IPA Transcription
American English
/pɹiˈtɛnʃəs/
British English
/pɹɪtˈɛnʃəs/
Listen in Context
The restaurant tries to be fancy, but it just comes off as pretentious.
Some people use big words just to sound pretentious.
Her style is a bit pretentious for this simple event.
He sounded pretentious when he talked about his new car.