Pretentious
Pretentious adjective - Self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance.
Phoney or phony and pretentious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Phoney or phony" instead an adjective "Pretentious".
Nearby Words: pretentiousness, pretentiously
Phoney or phony
Pretentious and phoney or phony are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pretentious" instead an adjective phrase "Phoney or phony".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- affected and pretentious
- affected and phoney or phony
- artificial and pretentious
- artificial and phoney or phony
- fake and pretentious
- fake and phoney or phony
- hollow and pretentious
- hollow and phoney or phony
- pompous and pretentious
- pompous and phoney or phony
- unnatural and pretentious
- unnatural and phoney or phony
- conceited and pretentious
- conceited and phoney or phony
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