Pretentious - Definition
pretentious
adj 1: making claim to or creating an appearance of (often
undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious
country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious
scholarly edition" [ant: unpretentious]
2: intended to attract notice and impress others; "an
ostentatious sable coat" [syn: ostentatious, pretentious]
[ant: unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious]
3: (of a display) tawdry or vulgar [syn: ostentatious,
pretentious]