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Word | Pretentious |
Korean Meaning | 잘난 체하는 |
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; a pretentious country house; a pretentious fraud; a pretentious scholarly edition / intended to attract notice and impress others / Full of pretension / Making unjustified claims / ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overambitious / attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed. / having or showing the unpleasant quality of people who want to be regarded as more impressive, successful, or important than they really are, | |
Usage | ⇒ That woman is pretentious of her precious necklase ⇒ The pretentious boy said that he was the fastest runner, but he finished last in the race. ⇒ The other prize winner isn't wearing her medal; isn't it a bit pretentious of you to wear yours? ⇒ The houses in the neighborhood are large and pretentious. ⇒ a pretentious literary device |
Synonyms | pompous, ostentatious, arrogant, inflated, affected, flamboyant, showy, highfalutin, haughty, boastful, grandiose, conceited, high-flown, hoity-toity, lofty, hifalutin, la-di-da, bombastic, overdone, self-important, |
Antonyms | humble, modest, unpretentious, meek, unostentatious, down-to-earth, lowly, natural, artless, demure, diffident, honest, ingenuous, ordinary, quiet, restrained, retiring, sheepish, simple, unassuming, |
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