pretentious

Definitions

pre- (in front) + tent (stretched form) + -ious (adj.) = "given to putting up a front." A pretentious person stretches out a show of being grander than they are. Adjective of pretend / pretension.

Common Collocations

• 1.sound pretentious听起来自命不凡
• 2.come across as pretentious给人装腔作势的印象
• 3.pretentious nonsense矫揉造作的废话
• 4.pretentious language做作的措辞

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The film's dialogue felt pretentious and overwritten.

• 2.

  Don't be pretentious—just say what you mean.