SkyfireDict

pretentious   (TTS Sound)

The adj pretentious has 3 senses

• pretentious -- (making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition")


• ostentatious, pretentious -- (intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat")


• ostentatious, pretentious -- ((of a display) tawdry or vulgar)