Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Pretentious and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretentious" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Pretentious
Pretentious adjective - Self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance.
Difficult and pretentious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficult" instead an adjective "Pretentious".
Nearby Words: pretentiousness, pretentiously
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- A double-decker example in Gosick: the detective Grevil acts pretentious and sports a ridiculous hairdo, but the police overlook these things because he solves difficult cases so reliably.
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She's the cast member with the clearest preference for classic, pretentious, and/or just plain brutally difficult games, the most disdainful of fanservice, and generally goes for the most complicated strategy in any game.
Source: Black and Nerdy -
You know: those difficult pretentious and boring movies that most people don't watch or care about, but will still dismiss as stupid.
Source: Audience-Alienating Premise
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