pretentious
Anggun
definition
adjective
a pretentious literary device
attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.
example
Towards the other wives and their children she was always extremely imperious, haughty and 'pretentious' .
If we were too serious it might have come off as 'pretentious' , heavy handed or silly.
Is it just 'pretentious' rhetoric that I am using to avoid facing myself?
This has been dismissed by most film writers as an inaccurate, 'pretentious' bore.
What critic, or prince, could resist something so impressive and so 'pretentious' ?
Apparently, the language used by wine writers is too flowery and 'pretentious' .
Sadly, it comes across more as a 'pretentious' attempt to buy the world a coke.
I was going to make a Cold War analogy here, but, let's face it, that would be ridiculously 'pretentious' .
To say that the music is overblown and 'pretentious' is rather an understatement.
It's loved by a small band of 'pretentious' types who dress in black.
If it looks or sounds 'pretentious' , then that is what it will be accused of.
What you want to do if you actually fancy being a 'pretentious' intellectual is read the book.
Some thought her 'pretentious' , of which there are many greater crimes.
One of the things I dislike is 'pretentious' people who chat a lot of hot air.
The council fools no one with its 'pretentious' claims for being ‘of world stature’.
It's pleasingly literary without being 'pretentious' ; plot is in no way sacrificed to prose.
Enough of this pseudo-intellectual posturing, these 'pretentious' literary musings!
He also had a convoluted and elaborate manner of speech that many thought 'pretentious' .
Of course a lot of what he said was 'pretentious' rubbish but that is normal for art critics.
The film itself sounds like a 'pretentious' waste of time, although it could be rather pretty.
But at the same time this 'pretentiousness' puts me off.
Rather 'pretentiously' , I always have this by the bed - I often find it soothing to read a few pages about the mating and migratory habits of swallows before I go to sleep.
What was Joyce's excuse for such 'pretentiousness' ?
Mr. Speaker, it is my belief that if the Good Lord did not want us to behave 'pretentiously' , She would not have made me so pretentious.
The important thing is to get ridiculously and 'pretentiously' creative, and let everyone know what you're doing and what it all represents.
The dialogue is self-consciously clunky, the characters are stereotypes and each section is fronted with a 'pretentiously' redundant quotation.
This movie, on the other hand, looks like it's going to be either a new horror classic that shapes the genre, or one of the most 'pretentiously' awful films of all time.
Fortunately we're not au fait with 'pretentiousness' and ‘inflated self-opinions’ here.
Creating a character is all about ‘problem solving’ and self-deprecation is the best defence against the temptations of 'pretentiousness' .
I, for one, am glad that a network 'pretentiously' titled The Learning Channel is not nearly as highbrow as its name might indicate.
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