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pretentiousness

/pri-ten-shuhs/US // prɪˈtɛn ʃəs //UK // (prɪˈtɛnʃəs) //

装腔作势,自命不凡,伪装,矫情

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grandiose浩浩荡荡,盛大的,浩大的,浩浩荡荡的stilted僵硬的,呆板的,呆板,僵硬arty阿蒂,阿蒂尔,阿蒂亚,阿蒂尔人overblown夸张的,夸大其词,夸张,夸大的hollow中空,空心的,空心,空洞的exaggerated夸张的,夸张,夸大其词,夸大的turgid干涩的,干巴巴的,干瘪的,干涩pompous夸夸其谈,虚夸的,浮夸,虚夸showy秀色可餐,艳丽的,炫耀性,炫耀性的ostentatious浮夸,夸夸其谈,夸张,夸张的affected受影响的,受影响,受到影响,受到影响的assuming假设,假定,设想,假设是aureate浓眉大眼,浓眉大眼的,浓眉大眼的人,浓密的big大,大的,大型,很大bombastic轰轰烈烈,虚张声势,轰轰烈烈的,夸夸其谈chichi芝芝,芝罘区,驰名,芝芝姐conspicuous显眼的,引人注目的,明显的,引人注目的是extravagant挥霍无度,奢侈的,挥霍浪费,奢华的feigned佯装,伪装,佯装的,伪造的flamboyant多彩的,多彩,多采多姿,多姿多彩

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
    • : making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious.
    • : full of pretense or pretension; having no factual basis; false.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounself-importance
Synonyms
arrogance傲慢,傲慢的态度,傲慢自大,傲慢无礼cockiness嚣张气焰,狂妄自大,傲慢,狂妄egotism自负主义,利己主义,自负,自负心态grandiosity傲慢无礼,浩然之气,浩然正气,慷慨激昂immodesty无礼,虚伪性,非礼勿视,虚伪ostentation浮夸风,浮夸,铺张浪费,大肆渲染pomposity浮夸风,浮夸,虚张声势,浮夸风气pompousness浮夸风,浮夸,华而不实,浮华pretension矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性smugness自鸣得意,自以为是,得意洋洋,得意忘形vanity虚荣心,虚幻性,虚荣,虚荣心强bigheadedness虚荣心,虚张声势,虚伪,虚荣grandioseness大气,宏伟,大气的,宏伟壮观vaingloriousness虚荣心,虚荣心作祟,虚荣心强,虚荣心态

Examples

  • Conquering 2021 may seem like an overly pretentious plan, especially for an immigrant who is just beginning to take his own steps in this great country.

  • Moreover, Trebek’s performance didn’t just lack pretension, it was anti-pretentious.

  • House, M.D., was a series from the get go, so no worries about pretentiousness.

  • The infamous cable about the pretentiousness, quirks, and unpredictability of Muammar Gaddafi is but one example.

  • The rooms were just ordinary hotel rooms, furnished with the dingy, wholesale pretentiousness of hotels of the second rate.

  • It was a dwelling place of unusual pretentiousness for that land of "Do-without," where inexorable meagerness is the rule of life.

  • Even leaving aside the discomforts which are always allied to pretentiousness, the poor rich woman has a hard time of it.

  • Some human vanity the north tower of Chartres displays, but no arrogant pride, no Renaissance pretentiousness.

  • Whether Meredith himself was more ashamed of their tailoring or their pretentiousness it is not easy to decide.

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