Pretentious
Pretentious adjective - Self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance.
Usage example: that pretentious couple always serves caviar at their parties, even though they themselves dislike it
Self-glorifying and pretentious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Self-glorifying" instead an adjective "Pretentious".
Nearby Words: pretentiousness, pretentiously
Self-glorifying
Pretentious and self-glorifying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pretentious" instead an adjective phrase "Self-glorifying".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- affected and pretentious
- affected and self-glorifying
- lofty and pretentious
- lofty and self-glorifying
- ostentatious and pretentious
- ostentatious and self-glorifying
- self-important and pretentious
- self-important and self-glorifying
- haughty and pretentious
- haughty and self-glorifying
- bombastic and pretentious
- bombastic and self-glorifying
- grandiose and pretentious
- grandiose and self-glorifying
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