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Pretentious

Pretentious is a 11 letter word, used as a article or as a adjective satellite, an SAT word with French origins, and has the letters eeinoprsttu (einoprstu). Starts with p, ends with s, six consonants, five vowels and four syllables.

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11 Letters
6 Consonants
5 Vowels
4 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use pretentious as a article or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
About Pretentious
A 4 syllables article and 11 letters with the letters e, i, n, o, p, r, s, t, and u, 6 consonants, 5 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letter n. Pretentious starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pr, pre, pret, prete, and the ending characters are s, us, ous, ious, tious, ..
Definition
Intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"
Origin/Roots
French
School Grade
Pretentious is set as a sat word that starts with p, ends with s, 4 syllables, 5 vowels and 11 letters.
Pig Latin
Pretentious in Pig Latin is said as "etentiouspray or etentiousprway".
Unigram
p | r | e | t | e | n | t | i | o | u | s
Bigram
pr | re | et | te | en | nt | ti | io | ou | us
Trigram
pre | ret | ete | ten | ent | nti | tio | iou | ous
Quadrigram
pret | rete | eten | tent | enti | ntio | tiou | ious
Word Gram
Article Examples
intended to attract notice and impress others;
"an ostentatious sable coat"
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction;
"a pretentious country house";
"a pretentious fraud";
"a pretentious scholarly edition"
Adjective Satellite Examples
of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Pretentious"

There are 310 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to pretentious.

SynonymDefinition
Academican educator who works at a college or university
Affectedacted upon
influenced
Ambitioushaving a strong desire for success or achievement
Amercementmoney extracted as a penalty
Ampleaffording an abundant supply
"had ample food for the party"
"copious provisions"
"food is plentiful"
"a plenteous grape harvest"
"a rich supply"
Arabesquean ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design
Arrestingcommanding attention
"an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"
"a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"
"a stunning performance"
Arrogant
Artificialartificially formal
"that artificial humility that her husband hated"
"contrived coyness"
"a stilted letter of acknowledgment"
"when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
Artyshowily imitative of art or artists

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Antonyms

There are 3 words that have the opposite meaning of pretentious.

AntonymDefinition
Unostentatiousfree from ostentation or pretension
"the restrained elegance of the room"
Unpretendingnot ostentatious
"his unostentatious office"
"unostentatious elegance"
Unpretentiousnot ostentatious
"his unostentatious office"
"unostentatious elegance"

Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from pretentious.
Anagram Definition
Pretentiousintended to attract notice and impress others
"an ostentatious sable coat"

View English words with the unique letters used in pretentious. Words With The Letters Einoprstu

Similar Words

There are 3 words that are similar to "Pretentious".

Similar WordDefinition
Flauntyinclined to flaunt
Showy(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
Splashycovered patchily;
often used in combination;
"waves dabbled with moonlight";
"a blood-spattered room";
"gardens splashed with color";
"kitchen walls splattered with grease"

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