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acting as though more important, valuable, or special than is warranted
pretentious(adj)making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
"a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
ostentatious, pretentious(adj)intended to attract notice and impress others
"an ostentatious sable coat"
ostentatious, pretentious(adj)(of a display) tawdry or vulgar
self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importancethat pretentious couple always serves caviar at their parties, even though they themselves dislike it
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitudea pretentious author whose books only appeal to equally pretentious readers
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