pretentiousness

/pri-ten-shuhs/US // prɪˈtɛn ʃəs //UK // (prɪˈtɛnʃəs) //

装腔作势,自命不凡,伪装,矫情

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- : making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious.
- : full of pretense or pretension; having no factual basis; false.

nounself-importance

Synonyms

Conquering 2021 may seem like an overly pretentious plan, especially for an immigrant who is just beginning to take his own steps in this great country.
Moreover, Trebek’s performance didn’t just lack pretension, it was anti-pretentious.
House, M.D., was a series from the get go, so no worries about pretentiousness.
The infamous cable about the pretentiousness, quirks, and unpredictability of Muammar Gaddafi is but one example.
The rooms were just ordinary hotel rooms, furnished with the dingy, wholesale pretentiousness of hotels of the second rate.
It was a dwelling place of unusual pretentiousness for that land of "Do-without," where inexorable meagerness is the rule of life.
Even leaving aside the discomforts which are always allied to pretentiousness, the poor rich woman has a hard time of it.
Some human vanity the north tower of Chartres displays, but no arrogant pride, no Renaissance pretentiousness.
Whether Meredith himself was more ashamed of their tailoring or their pretentiousness it is not easy to decide.

/pri-ten-shuhs/US // prɪˈtɛn ʃəs //UK // (prɪˈtɛnʃəs) //

装腔作势,自命不凡,伪装,矫情

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- : making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious.
- : full of pretense or pretension; having no factual basis; false.

nounself-importance

Synonyms

Conquering 2021 may seem like an overly pretentious plan, especially for an immigrant who is just beginning to take his own steps in this great country.
Moreover, Trebek’s performance didn’t just lack pretension, it was anti-pretentious.
House, M.D., was a series from the get go, so no worries about pretentiousness.
The infamous cable about the pretentiousness, quirks, and unpredictability of Muammar Gaddafi is but one example.
The rooms were just ordinary hotel rooms, furnished with the dingy, wholesale pretentiousness of hotels of the second rate.
It was a dwelling place of unusual pretentiousness for that land of "Do-without," where inexorable meagerness is the rule of life.
Even leaving aside the discomforts which are always allied to pretentiousness, the poor rich woman has a hard time of it.
Some human vanity the north tower of Chartres displays, but no arrogant pride, no Renaissance pretentiousness.
Whether Meredith himself was more ashamed of their tailoring or their pretentiousness it is not easy to decide.