Aggrandized
Pretentious and aggrandized are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretentious" instead an adjective "Aggrandized".
Nearby Words: aggrandizement, aggrandizing
Pretentious
Pretentious adjective - Self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance.
Aggrandized and pretentious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aggrandized" instead an adjective "Pretentious".
Nearby Words: pretentiousness, pretentiously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- flowery and aggrandized
- flowery and pretentious
- rhetorical and aggrandized
- rhetorical and pretentious
- bombastic and aggrandized
- bombastic and pretentious
- inflated and aggrandized
- inflated and pretentious
- pompous and aggrandized
- pompous and pretentious
- overblown and aggrandized
- overblown and pretentious
- exalted and aggrandized
- exalted and pretentious
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