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pretentious
 
Adjective pretentious has 3 senses
  1. pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
    Antonyms:     unpretentious, honest, modest, unpompous
  2. ostentatious, pretentious - intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"
  3. ostentatious, pretentious, kitsch - of a display that is tawdry or vulgar
    Antonyms: tasteful, in good taste (indirect, via tasteless)
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