pretentious

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pretentious
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Sense: Adjective: arrogant
Synonyms:
arrogant Collocations, pompous, high-and-mighty (informal), highfalutin, haughty Collocations, snobby (informal), snobbish (informal), important Collocations, self-important, superior Collocations, la-di-da (informal), full of yourself (informal)
Sense: Adjective: ostentatious
Synonyms:
ostentatious, gaudy, showy, swank, swanky, overblown, affected Collocations


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