Definition of Pretentiousness

1. Noun. Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.

Exact synonyms: Inflation, Ostentation, Ostentatiousness, Pomposity, Pompousness, Puffiness, Splashiness
Generic synonyms: Inelegance
Derivative terms: Ostentatious, Ostentatious, Pompous, Pompous, Pretentious, Pretentious, Ostentatious

2. Noun. The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth).
Exact synonyms: Largeness, Pretension
Generic synonyms: Unnaturalness
Specialized synonyms: Ostentation
Derivative terms: Large, Pretentious
Antonyms: Unpretentiousness

Definition of Pretentiousness

1. Noun. The quality of being pretentious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pretentiousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pretentiousness

pretense
pretensed
pretenseful
pretenseless
pretenses
pretension
pretensioned
pretensioning
pretensionless
pretensions
pretentative
pretention
pretentions
pretentious
pretentiously
pretentiousness (current term)
pretentiousnesses
preter-
preter-human
preterhuman
preterient
preterimperfect
preterimperfects
preterist
preterists
preterit
preterite
preterite-present verb
preteriteness
preterites

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