Found 2 items, similar to pretentious.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pretentious 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] [ant: unostentatious] 3: of a display that is tawdry or vulgar [syn: ostentatious, kitsch]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pretentious 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]