| slovo | definícia |
pretentiousness
(encz) | pretentiousness,okázalost n: Zdeněk Brož |
pretentiousness
(encz) | pretentiousness,snobství n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pretentiousness
(gcide) | Pretentious \Pre*ten"tious\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]tentieux. See
Pretend.]
Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is
one's; presuming; assuming. -- Pre*ten"tious*ly, adv. --
Pre*ten"tious*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
pretentiousness
(wn) | pretentiousness
n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation,
ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness,
pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation]
2: the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in
such a manner as to create a false appearance of great
importance or worth) [syn: pretentiousness, pretension,
largeness] [ant: unpretentiousness] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
pretentiousness
(encz) | pretentiousness,okázalost n: Zdeněk Brožpretentiousness,snobství n: Zdeněk Brož |
unpretentiousness
(encz) | unpretentiousness, n: |
pretentiousness
(wn) | pretentiousness
n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation,
ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness,
pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation]
2: the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in
such a manner as to create a false appearance of great
importance or worth) [syn: pretentiousness, pretension,
largeness] [ant: unpretentiousness] |
unpretentiousness
(wn) | unpretentiousness
n 1: the quality of being natural and without pretensions [ant:
largeness, pretension, pretentiousness] |
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