The meaning of Pretentious

adjective

Influenced or touched by an external factor.

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Affected areas

verb

Have an effect on; make a difference to.

Usage examples:

The dampness began to affect my health

verb

Pretend to have or feel (something).

Usage examples:

As usual i affected a supreme unconcern

adjective

Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.

Usage examples:

Her skin glowed in the artificial light

adjective

Made by people, often as a copy of something natural

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Artificial flowers, artificial grass, an artificial leg, an artificial smile, the actors were encou…

adjective

Not sincere

Usage examples:

Their cheerfulness seemed rather strained and artificial.

noun

In some systems of chinese medicine and exercise, the most important energy that a person has

adjective

Clearly visible.

Usage examples:

He was very thin, with a conspicuous adam's apple

adjective

Easily noticed; obvious

Usage examples:

He was conspicuous as usual with a big yellow bow tie.

adjective

Ostentatiously attractive or impressive.

Usage examples:

He always had a flashy car

adjective

Expensive or stylish, or brightly colored

Usage examples:

He wears flashy clothes.

adjective

Suffering from or marked by an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal.

Usage examples:

Treat flatulent cows with caustic soda

adjective

Having gas in the stomach and bowels

Usage examples:

The medicine is useful in flatulent colic of children and babies., the doctor asked her if she had …

noun

Thick, hard-wearing twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colours.

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The coarse fustian of prison clothing

noun

A thick, rough cotton cloth that lasts for a long time

Usage examples:

About 1577, a certain type of fustian became popular in the city of genoa., it was no hardship to c…

verb

Past simple and past participle of hyperventilate

Usage examples:

She went into shock, shaking and hyperventilating., we had to call the doctor because she was cryin…

adjective

Distended through being filled with air or gas.

Usage examples:

A partially inflated balloon

verb

Fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended.

Usage examples:

Never use an air line on a garage forecourt to inflate your tyres

adjective

An inflated price or value is higher than it should be or than is reasonable

Usage examples:

Evidence suggests that travellers have been put off by the inflated prices., grossly/highly/vastly …

adjective

(of art, objects, or design) considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way.

Usage examples:

Kitschy souvenir shops

adjective

Connected with art, decorative objects, or design considered by many people to be ugly, without style, or false, but enjoyed by other people, often because they are funny

Usage examples:

A kitschy gilt-framed mirror, the room was decorated in a cheerfully kitschy style.

noun

A way in which a thing is done or happens.

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Taking notes in an unobtrusive manner

noun

The way in which something is done

Usage examples:

Please exit the building in an orderly manner., his manner was formal, though friendly., she had a …

adjective

Characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress.

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A simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious

adjective

Intended to attract admiration or notice

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Ostentatious jewelry, ostentatious gestures, she waved her hand about, ostentatiously displaying he…

adjective

Excessively ambitious.

Usage examples:

He blamed his parents for being overambitious on his behalf

adjective

Made to seem more impressive or important than is the case; exaggerated or pretentious.

Usage examples:

His most rhetorically overblown screenplay

adjective

Made to seem more important or bigger than what is really true

Usage examples:

As for the wage gap, davis says it's overblown.

adjective

Too ripe; past its best.

Usage examples:

Overripe tomatoes

adjective

Too ripe and starting to decay

adjective

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.

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A pompous ass who pretends he knows everything

adjective

Feeling or showing that you think you are better or more important than other people

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I regarded him as somewhat pompous and opinionated., the pomposity of new york society

adjective

Having a striking appearance or style, typically by being excessively bright, colourful, or ostentatious.

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Showy flowers

adjective

Lacking flavour.

Usage examples:

The vegetables were watery and tasteless

adjective

Showing such bad judgment as to be offensive

Usage examples:

They received hundreds of complaints after he told a tasteless joke on tv., the soup was watery and…

noun

A form of decoration consisting of thin strips of shiny metal foil attached to a long piece of thread.

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A room bedecked with tinsel and fairy lights