Antonyms for pretentious


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pri-ten-shuhs
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈtɛn ʃəs


Definition of pretentious

Origin :
  • 1836, from French prétentieux (17c.), from prétention "pretension," from Medieval Latin pretentionem (nominative pretentio) "pretension," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin praetendere (see pretend (v.)).
  • adj snobbish, conceited
Example sentences :
  • It is the most pretentious feature of the book, and in its way about as good as any.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • The house, too, had a pretentious air about it that promised well.
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • And Marion delivered this speech with a most oracular and pretentious tone.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • The High Light proved to be the most pretentious resort in Goldpan.
  • Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton
  • Let no one rashly pronounce me a coxcomb, vain and pretentious, for all this.
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
  • I told him, and at once there was a most pretentious hubbub.
  • Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
  • It had a lofty and pretentious brick church of a modern type.
  • Extract from : « The Old Front Line » by John Masefield
  • But the Liszt Ballade is so empty, so pretentious, so affected!
  • Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
  • His court, while it is one of the least pretentious in Europe, is yet one of the most refined.
  • Extract from : « Foot-prints of Travel » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • It was then, if I do say it, the most pretentious home in the city.
  • Extract from : « The Loyalist » by James Francis Barrett

Synonyms for pretentious

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