Related Words for pretentious

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pompous
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Adjective, Adjective
ostentatious
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Adjective, Adjective
showy
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Adjective, Adjective
kitsch
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Adjective, Adjective
grandiose
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Adjective, Adjective
portentous
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Adjective, Adjective
overblown
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Adjective, Adjective
conspicuous
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Adjective, Adjective
tasteless
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Adjective, Adjective
inflated
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Adjective, Adjective
upstart
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
arty
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Noun, Adjective
pontifical
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Adjective, Adjective
in poor taste
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Phrase, Adjective
unpretentious
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Adjective, Adjective
snobbish
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Adjective
obnoxious
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Adjective
snooty
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Noun
arrogant
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Adjective
supercilious
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Adjective
vapid
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Adjective
vacuous
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Adjective
conceited
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Adjective
presumptuous
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Adjective
insipid
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Adjective
unimaginative
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Adjective
trashy
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Adjective
silly
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Adjective
fatuous
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Adjective
stupid
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Adjective
egotistical
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Adjective
overwrought
xx/
Adjective
condescending
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Adjective
pretension
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Noun
sanctimonious
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Adjective
melodramatic
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Adjective
highbrow
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Noun
obtuse
x/
Adjective
vulgar
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Noun
wordy
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Adjective
idiotic
xx/x
Adjective
cheesy
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Noun
haughty
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Adjective
solipsistic
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Adjective
ponderous
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Adjective
disingenuous
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Adjective
disdainful
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Adjective
trite
/
Adjective
pointless
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Adjective
nonsensical
x/xx
Adjective
smug
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Adjective
snobs
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Noun
flippant
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Adjective
dumb
/
Adjective
puerile
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Adjective
banal
x/
Adjective
artsy
//
Adjective
snide
/
Adjective
effete
x/
Adjective
ridiculous
x/xx
Adjective
snotty
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Adjective
elitist
x/x
Adjective
amateurish
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Adjective
corny
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Noun
annoying
x/x
Adjective
thoughtless
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Adjective
patronising
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Adjective
inane
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Noun
bitchy
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Adjective
hypocritical
xx/xx
Adjective
lame
/
Noun
tacky
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Adjective
superfluous
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Adjective
obsequious
x/xx
Adjective
uninteresting
x/xx
Adjective
superficial
xx/x
Adjective
posh
/
Adjective
contemptuous
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Adjective
dismissive
x/x
Adjective
unsophisticated
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Adjective
childish
/x
Adjective
clumsy
/x
Adjective
pedantic
x/x
Adjective
affected
x/x
Verb
vain
/
Adjective
puffy
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Adjective
ornate
x/
Adjective
uppity
/xx
Noun
stuck up
//
Phrase, Adjective
bravura
x/x
Noun
prude
/
Noun
narcissistic
xx/x
Adjective
puffed up
/x
Phrase, Adjective
fulsome
/x
Adjective
prissy
/x
Noun
overweening
xx/x
Adjective
stuffy
/x
Adjective
bombastic
x/x
Adjective
fancy
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Noun
proud
/
Adjective
tricked out
//
Phrase, Adjective
pharisaic
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Name
consequential
xx/x
Adjective
envious
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Adjective
drivel
/x
Noun
sham
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Noun
humbug
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Noun
verbiage
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Noun
gentility
x/xx
Noun
crap
/
Noun
vulgarity
x/xx
Noun
affectation
xx/x
Noun
diction
/x
Noun
pedantry
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Noun
mediocrity
xx/xx
Noun
rubbish
/x
Noun
bores
/
Noun
intellectualism
xxx/xxx
Noun
posturing
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Noun
airs
/
Noun
jargon
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Noun
mansions
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Noun
snobbery
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Noun
synonym
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Noun
mannerisms
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Noun
fools
/
Noun
villas
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Noun
facades
x/
Noun
residences
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Noun
sounding
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Verb
idiot
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Noun
seeming
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Verb
title
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Noun
dwellings
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Noun
solemnity
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Noun
edifices
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Noun
trash
/
Noun
claims
/
Noun
hypocrisy
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Noun
ignorance
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Noun
obscurity
x/xx
Noun
arrogance
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Noun
chatter
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Noun
accident
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Noun, Adjective
ado
x/
Noun
ancient
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Adjective, Noun
atom
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Noun
basic
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Adjective, Noun
bloodshed
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Noun
bruise
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Noun, Verb
caricatures
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Verb
chimera
x/x
Noun
cocky
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
cogent
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Adjective
commonplace
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
conceivable
x/xx
Adjective
dignified
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Adjective
elegant
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Adjective, Noun
fashioned
/x
Adjective
grander
/x
Adjective, Noun
handsomest
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Adjective
hybrid
/x
Adjective, Noun
inelegant
x/xx
Adjective
lofty
/x
Adjective, Noun
quaint
/
Adjective, Noun
surmise
x/
Verb, Noun
tasteful
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Adjective
unassuming
xx/x
Adjective
uninspired
xx/x
Adjective
unintelligible
xx/xxx
Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb