pretentious

English - Turkish

Definition of pretentious in English Turkish dictionary

{s} gösterişçi

fiyakalı

özünü beğenmiş

yüksekten atıp tutan

gösterişli

{s} kendini beğenmiş

kendisinde aslında olmayan bir şeyin var olduğunu iddia eden; kendisinde aslında olmayan bir şeyin var olduğu izlenimini vermeye

{s} iddialı

Onun iddialı tavrını oldukça kaygılı buldum. - I found his pretentious demeanor quite disconcerting.

{s} yüksekten atan

pretentiousness : gösterişçilik

{s} 1. kendisinde aslında olmayan bir şeyin var olduğunu iddia eden; kendisinde aslında olmayan bir şeyin var olduğu izlenimini vermeye

pretentiously : gösterişle

Related Terms

pretentious (person)

gösteriş budalası

pretentious (person)

gösteriş meraklısı

pretentiousness

kendini beğenmişlik

pretentiousness

özünü beğenmişlik

pompous, grandiose or pretentious

Heybetli görkemli ya da iddialı

pretentiously

z. gösterişle

pretentiously

gösterişle

pretentiousness

gösterisçilik

pretentiousness

{i} gösterişçilik

pretentiousness

(isim) gösterişçilik

English - English

Definition of pretentious in English English dictionary

Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction

Their song titles are pretentious in the context of their basic lyrics.

Ostentatious; intended to impress others

Her dress was obviously more pretentious than comfortable.

marked by pretense, conceit, or display

{s} impersonating, putting on a false appearance; pretending, feigning; arrogant, haughty

disapproval If you say that someone or something is pretentious, you mean that they try to seem important or significant, but you do not think that they are. His response was full of pretentious nonsense + pretentiousness pre·ten·tious·ness He has a tendency towards pretentiousness. if someone or something is pretentious, they try to seem more important, intelligent, or high class than they really are in order to be impressive   unpretentious

making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"

intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"

Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming

of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

highfaluting

wanky

We talked a bit — it was that wanky bar in town, the Art Bar — and first it was good, but then he got going on about justice, how there wasn't any.

posey

la-de-da

Newberry was one of the most la-de-da colleges in the United States.

a la

Related Terms

pretentiously

Ostentatiously; in a manner intended to impress others

Pretentiousness

pretension

pretentiously

in the manner of putting on a false appearance; arrogantly, haughtily, in a snobbish manner

pretentiously

In a manner demanding of skill or daring

pretentiously

in a pretentious manner; "this author writes pretentiously

pretentiously

In a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction

pretentiously

in a pretentious manner; "this author writes pretentiously"

pretentiousness

the quality of being pretentious (creating a false appearance of great importance or worth)

pretentiousness

lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

pretentiousness

the quality of being pretentious

pretentiousness

{i} ostentatiousness, showiness, pompousness; arrogance, haughtiness

Hyphenation

pre·ten·tious

Turkish pronunciation

pritenşıs

Synonyms

poseur, affected, arty, assuming, aureate, big, bombastic, chichi, conspicuous, euphuistic, exaggerated, extravagant, feigned, flamboyant, flashy

Antonyms

humble, modest, unconceited

Pronunciation

/prēˈtensʜəs/ /priːˈtɛnʃəs/

Etymology

() From French prétentieux prétention Latin praetensus (“false or hypocritical profession”), past participle of praetendō. Note that pretentious is spelled with a ‘t’ (-tious), unlike related pretense, pretension. This is due to the French spelling: *-sious does not occur as an English suffix, though -sion and -tion both do.