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THESAURUS

Pretentious Synonyms & Antonyms

Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others.

Synonyms

highfalutinaffectedeffetefeyrecherchéhoity-toityoverrefinedpansifiedpreciouspretentioussmugstagystiltedtheatricalWoosterianconspicuousportentousostentatiousgrandioseparvenugrandiloquentpompoussententiouskitschshowypontificalsesquipedaliantastelesshifalutininflatedhigh-flownhighfalutingarty

Antonyms

unpretentioushumblemodestdemureformalnaturalpriggishprimprudishpuritanicalQuakerishunostentatious

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