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Pretentious Pronunciation

Pronounce Pretentious as P R EH T EH N T IY OW UW S.

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    Pretentious phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'pretentious'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of pretentious: /prɛtɛntɪoʊus/
    • Modern IPA representation of pretentious: /prɛtɛntɪɒʊs/

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    List of meaning for pretentious

    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 importance

    that 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 attitude

    a pretentious author whose books only appeal to equally pretentious readers

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    pretentious in sentence

    1. Carol’s business proposal was pretentious and unrealistic in its estimation of high profits.

    2. The swindler was a pretentious man who claimed to be descended from royalty.

    3. Even though Jake was a millionaire, he avoided hanging out with pretentious people who liked to flaunt their wealth.

    4. Niles was pretentious and always made time to brag about his adventures.

    5. Dressed in a tuxedo, Hank made a pretentious entrance at the high school basketball game.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term pretentious

    Quotation ... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give it himself, or because they are beautiful or witty, or because he expects them to touch a cord of association in his reader, or because he wishes to show that he is learned and well read. Quotations due to the last motive are invariably ill-advised; the discerning reader detects it and is contemptuous; the undiscerning is perhaps impressed, but even then is at the same time repelled, pretentious quotations being the surest road to tedium.

    – Henry W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926)

    Many a times, it has been seen mentally sick people displaying profuse love online for own parents especially mother but using her shamelessly by sharing own picture with or without her just for getting publicity or Likes on own photo pic only and surprisingly, it is supported by many of his pretentious friends called fiends.

    – Anuj Somany

    Let’s be modest. Africa is vast, and it would be pretentious to speak in its name. I’m fighting the battle with words because I’m a storyteller, a griot. Rightly or wrongly, they call us masters of the spoken word. Our duty is to encourage the West to appreciate Africa more. It’s also true that many Africans don’t really know their own continent. And if you forget your culture, you lose sight of yourself. It is said that “the day you no longer know where you’re going, just remember where you came from.” Our strength lies in our culture. Everything I do as a storyteller, a griot, stems from this rooting and openness.

    РSotigui Kouyat̩

    A pretentious way of saying 'selected,'.

    – San Francisco

    Quotation ... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give it himself, or because they are beautiful or witty, or because he expects them to touch a cord of association in his reader, or because he wishes to show that he is learned and well read. Quotations due to the last motive are invariably ill-advised the discerning reader detects it and is contemptuous the undiscerning is perhaps impressed, but even then is at the same time repelled, pretentious quotations being the surest road to tedium.

    – Henry W. Fowler

    Marty This pretentious ponderous collection of religious rock psalms is enough to prompt the question, What day did the Lord create Spinal Tap, and couldn't he have rested on that day too'

    – This Is Spinal Tap

    I think it’s a coincidence, i’m not pretentious enough to think she named her after me.

    – Stephanie Clifford

    The smaller the understanding of the situation, the more pretentious the form of expression.

    – John Romano

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