pretentious

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  1. adjective Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.
  2. adjective Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious. See Synonyms at showy.

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  • "Dull, pretentious, almost hypnotically boring," the naysayers proclaimed. —  Omni: May 1993
  • He disliked being called “Skipper.” It seemed pretentious, a name only a Londoner like Digger would use. —  FSF,May2004
  • Why does the US always have to be the mediator in this pretentious issue when the vast majority of the Arab world doesn't even want our help in the first place. —  WordPress.com News
  • Jazz is a genre wondering how the hell it got so pretentious, and The Bad Plus is here to save it. —  The Tech - MIT's Student Newspaper
  • It seems so pretentious, and unless my publicist or publisher ask me to, I rarely refer to myself that way. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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pompous ·  bombastic ·  ostentatious ·  vulgar ·  sumptuous ·  gaudy ·  grandiose ·  costly ·  ornate ·  fantastic ·  showy ·  stately
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