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The word pretentious means, according to Merriam-Webster, "expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature."
In everyday terms, it can mean pompous, snobby, showy and ostentatious.
In a sentence:
Her disdain towards the lives of the "common folk" seemed to me to extremely pretentious.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoMy sister seemed very pretentious at the New Year's party, wearing her hair up and completely overdressed.
Celebrities often suffer from inflated egos and live pretentious lives.
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∙ 9y agoPretentious is a word used to describe someone who is showing greater talent than they actually posses. A good sentence would be, she was very pretentious as she danced to the music.
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∙ 14y agoThe private was belittled by the higher ranked soldiers because of his pretentious behavior among his peers.
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∙ 11y agoJim spoke with authority, on the pretense that he was an expert, and Jill quickly proved him in error with one simple statement.
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