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making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" arty, artsy-craftsy, grandiloquent, grandiose, high-flown, jumped-up, nouveau-riche, sententious, sesquipedalian intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat" flaunty, showy of a display that is tawdry or vulgar tasteless |
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