Pretentious is an English word with synonyms like tasteless or ostentatious. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pretentious meaning
- Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others.
- Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
Synonyms of Pretentious
Using Pretentious
- The main meaning on this page is: Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others. | Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
- Useful related words include: tasteless, ostentatious, highfaluting, highfalutin.
- In the example corpus, pretentious often appears in combinations such as: pretentious and, pretentious to, and pretentious.
Context around Pretentious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pretentious
- In this selection, "pretentious" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wicked, terribly, eyed, new, unless and corporate stand out and add context to how "pretentious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as very pretentious and became less pretentious allowing students. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pretentious" sits close to words such as adil, agra and amicably, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pretentious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Looks more pretentious than it is punk. (7 words)
The show has a professional look without a pretentious feel. (10 words)
Virat Kohli Reveals Being Super Nervous, Cracking A Pretentious Joke During. (11 words)
He also started writing, and the play he wrote at 15 offers some clues to his later decision to adapt Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel “It was terribly pretentious,” he admits. (33 words)
It failed to win any though and, despite becoming a Netflix hit, was met with mixed reviews with many criticizing its one-eyed, pretentious scope as well as its lackluster execution. (31 words)
DOJ officials’ attempts to get a transcript of the Patel exchange only enraged Hughes further; the judge issued an “Order on Ineptitude” castigating the “pretentious lawyers” at Main Justice. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Gritty Featured In Pretentious New York MagazineOur beloved Gritty may not be hosting the Academy Awards but he is featured in a pretentious New York magazine.
It’s not pretentious, unless you’re trying to be pretentious about it, and if you are, then you’ll do that without or without your pricey outfits.
As such, they've become a huge symbol of pretentious corporate management culture, and redundancy in the workplace.
From the self-proclaimed "wicked pretentious" to the proudly criminal, offers character and insight that makes it a thrilling and fun spin on true crime.
He also started writing, and the play he wrote at 15 offers some clues to his later decision to adapt Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel “It was terribly pretentious,” he admits.
He eschewed the pretentious title of president in favor of Director of Managing Operations.
His pretentious attitude rubs people the wrong way and his shifting alliances make him untrustworthy.
It failed to win any though and, despite becoming a Netflix hit, was met with mixed reviews with many criticizing its one-eyed, pretentious scope as well as its lackluster execution.
Over time, Hermione became less pretentious, allowing students to warm up to her.
Sunny Deol called out the pretentious nature of Bollywood celebrities who act better in real life than on screen.
Then, as high school rolled by, I adopted the persona of a precocious yet pretentious intellectual.
The show has a professional look without a pretentious feel.
This movie has a pretentious and snarky tone that oddly makes it an appealing, albeit weird, watch.
Virat Kohli Reveals Being Super Nervous, Cracking A Pretentious Joke During.
And while it certainly is a timeless classic, the martini’s pretentious reputation can dirty its appeal among casual cocktail enjoyers.
DOJ officials’ attempts to get a transcript of the Patel exchange only enraged Hughes further; the judge issued an “Order on Ineptitude” castigating the “pretentious lawyers” at Main Justice.
Gunn adding himself to the credits in animated form was pretentious.
However, it is clear that this is the reason why this person uses a law school email address, and it comes off as very pretentious.
Looks more pretentious than it is punk.
Robinson whom Mr. Obama once called “the least pretentious person” he knew said that it was a “huge adjustment” to have her needs met by White House staff.
Common combinations with pretentious
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pretentious and 9×
- pretentious to 5×
- and pretentious 5×
- the pretentious 4×
- pretentious but 4×
- is pretentious 4×
- pretentious or 3×
- bit pretentious 3×
- as pretentious 3×
- too pretentious 3×