pretentious



pretentious - adjective

  • making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
  • intended to attract notice and impress others
  • (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

pretentious - thesaurus

ostentatious  


View spelling list The -tious ending and learn about the word pretentious in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 30. Words with ci and ti e.g. ancient, special, initial, gracious.

Scrabble score for pretentious

p is 3 r is 1 e is 1 t is 1 e is 1 n is 1 t is 1 i is 1 o is 1 u is 1 s is 1
Scrabble score = 13

Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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