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Adjective

1. pretentious

2. arty, artsy-craftsy, arty-crafty, grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous, grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da, high-flown, high-sounding, inflated, jumped-up, nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue, upstart, sententious, sesquipedalian, tasteless, in poor taste, ostentatious

3. flaunty, showy, splashy, ostentatious

4. kitsch, tasteless

Usage
Masterpiece or nonsense? Profound or pretentious? 15 films, you decide. - Yahoo
A Very Pretentious Form of Propaganda - The Atlantic
10 Most Pretentious Movies of the Last 30 Years, Ranked - Collider
The 10 most pretentious songs ever written: - Far Out Magazine
HATER FRIDAY | The ‘Pretentious’ Problem - The Cornell Daily Sun
Interview: Daniel Radcliffe Embraces His Inner Pretentious Englishman in 'The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins' - Awards Radar
Sorry, but these 9 bands are just not as great as everyone says they are - Classical-Music.com
Becoming a pretentious film bro: A guide - The Lamron
Anthony Bourdain Once Called This Kitchen Tool 'The Backbone Of Pretentious Food Presentation' - Yahoo
Supergirl Movie Review: Milly Alcock’s lead film is flat, pretentious and underwhelming - Firstpost
Broken Frontier Andytorial for April, 2026 - "Synthetic Comics" is Just a Pretentious Way of Saying “I Stole This”: Why Broken Frontier Will Continue to Operate a Zero Tolerance Policy Towards Generative AI "Art" - Broken Frontier
Mother Mary Buries Its Stars in Pretentious Nonsense - Metro Weekly
MY LETTERBOXD TOP 4: IS LETTERBOXD TOO PRETENTIOUS? - Her Campus
Is being pretentious really a bad thing? - The Mancunion
Friday is National Pickle Day, and The Pretentious Pickle Co.’s Lorraine Connell isn’t half-sour about it. - The Boston Globe
Lois Eisenberg | A Gaudy, Pretentious Ballroom - Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Pretentious Movie Reviews (2014) - IMDb
From Cannes: ‘Fatherland’ Earns Its Pretentious Qualities - The Harvard Crimson
Pretentious, Murky ‘After the Hunt’ Is Disturbing Take on Identity Politics - Pop Life STL
The fancy food words that people find pretentious and annoying - Yahoo
Remembering Frank Gehry, the ‘never pretentious’ star of the starchitects - KCRW
Tyler, the Creator Explains Why People Call Him Pretentious: ‘I Got To Make the Most Innovative, Best Stuff' - VICE
FILM: THE BRIDE! *1/2 – just pretentious - lenews.ch
Opinion: No, it’s not ‘pretentious’—you just need to broaden your horizons - Lifestyle Asia Hong Kong
My Inspiration: Pretentious – More Or Less - narcmagazine.com
Women Are Buying Big, Bold Costume Jewelry: ‘It’s Less Pretentious’ - WSJ
Restaurant wine lists have gotten ridiculously confusing and pretentious — enough already - New York Post
'Gawdy pretentious monstrosity' | President Trump's proposed ballroom is picked apart by people and industry experts during federal commission hearing - WUSA9
Some of the most pretentious musicians of all time: Do you agree? - MSN
Guest Reveals 'Really Pretentious' Dress Code for 6 Events at 'Old-Money' Wedding, & It's Got People Stumped - Just Jared
'After the Hunt' Is a Pretentious Bore - Time Magazine
"Look at the bands that are out there now, crap like Radiohead. You can't tell us that we don't deserve to be more than that." On the eve of the release of Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins wanted to take on the world - Louder
Keith Richards' Resurfaced Quotes About Fellow Rock Legend’s 'Pretentious' Music Are Turning Heads - Yahoo
Is it impressive or pretentious to put Dr. before your name if you have a PhD? - Yahoo
Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut is knowingly pretentious and faintly magnificent - AOL.com
Connecticut is the Epicenter for Pretentious Recreation - i95 ROCK
Flat, pretentious and underwhelming: Firstpost on 'Supergirl' | To read the full review | Inshorts - Inshorts
Precious, Not Pretentious: Introducing the Niton Prima - Worn & Wound
Benjamin Tod Isn’t Sorry for “Pretentious” Message About Country Music’s ”White Boys With Mullets” - Wide Open Country
3 Classic Rock Albums That Fans Call Pretentious but I Happen To Love - American Songwriter
Hobbies That Somehow Attract the Most Pretentious People 🙄✨ - 107.5 Kool FM
Pretentious, moi? When trying to order in French goes horribly wrong: the Edith Pritchett cartoon - The Guardian
‘Discipline’ is an awkward and pretentious read - The Michigan Daily
Review: ‘After the Hunt’ is a cathartic thriller weakened by an ambitious and pretentious script - The Dartmouth
Film festivals should be more pretentious, actually! - Cherwell
17 Hobbies With The Most Insufferable Fans, And They're Spot On - BuzzFeed
Stanley Kubrick's most "pretentious" movie almost ruined him - Far Out Magazine
Being more pretentious about what you enjoy - The Baylor Lariat
The Pink Floyd albums Roger Waters called the most “pretentious” - Far Out Magazine
'After the Hunt' Review: Luca Guadagnino's Pretentious Misfire of a #MeToo Psychodrama - Rendy Reviews
Good riddance to the world’s most pretentious restaurateur - The Telegraph
Kristen Stewart and Woody Harrelson's Absurd Comedy Is an Exhausting, Pretentious Nightmare - Collider
The 'Pretentious' Kitchen Tool Anthony Bourdain Couldn't Stand - Chowhound
Tyler, the Creator Says He's Called 'Oldhead' and 'Pretentious' for His Music Taste - Complex
Salt Bae’s Pretentious Empire Is Crumbling - 2oceansvibe News
Michael Symon's Favorite Frozen Pizza Is The Least Pretentious We Can Think Of - Mashed
The pretentious 1961 movie Clint Eastwood can’t stand: “He kind of lost me a little bit” - Far Out Magazine
LeBron James doesn't need a pretentious farewell tour before he retires - USA Today
13 Celebs Who Came Off As Wildly Pretentious, Self-Important, Or Faux "Deep" - BuzzFeed
I used to think prime lenses were pretentious, but after shooting street photos professionally, I understand why people like them so much - Digital Camera World
Are you a horticultural anorak or a pretentious garden aesthete? Meet the 12 Garden Tribes looming large at the Chelsea Flower Show - Tatler
The "pretentious" Who song Roger Daltrey "never ever" liked - Far Out Magazine
How Pretentious Of A Reader Are You? - BuzzFeed
Pretentious Barrel House Announces Closure - Columbus Underground
There’s No Law That Says Art Museums Have to Be Pretentious - Zócalo Public Square
The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards Once Publicly Dismissed This Legendary Singer-Songwriter - Collider
How Wine School Made Me Less Pretentious About Wine - Fine Dining Lovers
The Pink Floyd albums that Roger Waters called “pretentious” - Far Out Magazine
Pretentious Glass Celebrates Ten Years - Inside of Knoxville
Son, You’re 15 Now, It’s Time To Start Getting Pretentious About Radiohead - The Hard Times
‘Pretentiousness’ is often misused - Daily Trojan
What I Learned From Pretending to Be a Pretentious Lit Bro for 5 Years - Literary Hub
In Defense of Pretentiousness - Vulture
Parents of pretentious teen wish he'd get into beer and football - The Daily Mash
Are these the most pretentious movies ever made? - AOL.com
Sault review – GCSE-level drama performance borders on the pretentious - The Guardian
Let’s take pretentious language offline - Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin
Explaining Dune Without Being Pretentious - Bwog
‘The Brutalist’ is a pretentious, overlong Oscar-nominated mess - The Jerusalem Post
Potluck Now Open at Pretentious Glass - Inside of Knoxville
What's the Difference Between the Adjectives 'Portentous' and 'Pretentious'? - ThoughtCo
'Before Sunrise': ranking the most insufferably pretentious lines - The Brag
World Travelers: Stop Being Pretentious Assholes - HuffPost
AirPods: Pretentious or Practical? - The Daily Nexus
Furstenberg systems of pretentious and MRT multiplicative functions - Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Now I Am Become Pretentious, the Sayer of a Famous Quote - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
'Malcolm & Marie' is a stylish, pretentious slog - Entertainment Weekly
Sour-ale brewery in Columbus will close in August - The Columbus Dispatch
5 Signs You're A Bit Pretentious - The Odyssey Online
Everyone Is So Pretentious About Foreign Films. Which Ones Will I Like if I’m Kind of Basic? - Cultured Mag
10 "Pretentious" Books That Are Actually Incredibly Wonderful - Bustle
‘Pretentious Foodie’ New Mom Doesn’t Understand Why Kid’s Menus Exist - Scary Mommy
Pretentiousness by Dan Fox - The Rumpus
in defense of reguetón from pretentious music fans [A&C] - The Brown Daily Herald
OPINION, Captain of the Kulturkampf: The dangers of Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s pretentious and arrogant discourse - technicianonline.com
Pretentious, Silent Actioner Motor City Mistakes Artifice for Art - Paste Magazine
A Dramatic, Dark and Unapologetically “Pretentious” (His Word, Not Ours) Apartment - Apartment Therapy
10 of the Most Pretentious Things Rock + Metal Artists Have Said - Loudwire
Why Mark Cuban avoids Silicon Valley: 'Tech bros’ are ‘pretentious’ and overrated - CNBC
Hong’s Kitchen Opens at Pretentious Glass - Inside of Knoxville
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'pretentious'
Language Equivalent   Language Equivalent
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Misspellings - Typos
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Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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