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English to English adjective
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making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |  | Example: a pretentious country house
a pretentious fraud
a pretentious scholarly edition
source: wordnet30
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intended to attract notice and impress others | | Example: an ostentatious sable coat
source: wordnet30
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Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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(of a display) tawdry or vulgar | | source: wordnet30
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