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