pretentious
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: snobbish, conceited
Synonyms:
affected
arty
assuming
aureate
big
bombastic
chichi
conspicuous
euphuistic
exaggerated
extravagant
feigned
flamboyant
flashy
flaunting
flowery
gaudy
grandiloquent
grandiose
highfaluting
high-flown
high-sounding
hollow
imposing
inflated
jazzy
la-di-da
lofty
magniloquent
mincing
ornate
ostentatious
overambitious
overblown
pompous
puffed up
put-on
rhetorical
showy
specious
splashy
stilted
swank
too-too
tumid
turgid
utopian
vainglorious
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