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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction;
- Example: "a pretentious country house"
- Example: "a pretentious fraud"
- Example: "a pretentious scholarly edition"

2. intended to attract notice and impress others;
- Example: "an ostentatious sable coat"
[syn: ostentatious, pretentious]

3. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar;
[syn: ostentatious, pretentious]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pretentious \Pre*ten"tious\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]tentieux. See
   Pretend.]
   Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is
   one's; presuming; assuming. -- Pre*ten"tious*ly, adv. --
   Pre*ten"tious*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pretentious
    adj 1: making claim to or creating an appearance of (often
           undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious
           country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious
           scholarly edition" [ant: unpretentious]
    2: intended to attract notice and impress others; "an
       ostentatious sable coat" [syn: ostentatious, pretentious]
       [ant: unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious]
    3: (of a display) tawdry or vulgar [syn: ostentatious,
       pretentious]