fastuous

adjective

Definition of fastuousnext
as in important

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  1. important
  2. arrogant
  3. high-and-mighty
  4. superior
  5. supercilious
  6. pretentious
  7. uppity
  8. presumptuous
Adjective
  • Helium plays an important role in wind, solar and nuclear energy production, space exploration, medical imaging and research.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Education and giving back are important values to the family as the project represents for them a broader impact within the natural diamond industry.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of important
Adjective
  • Ever-sensible Elinor, who never asks for much, has already met, and fallen for, Edward Ferrars (George MacKay), Fanny’s brother, as kind and modest as Fanny is arrogant.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Hal and Kate, having misread Trowbridge’s shock and dismay at the tragic death of Austin Dennison as a worse-than-usual bit of arrogant posturing, switch to Bad Cop mode.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of arrogant
Adjective
  • That sweet spot between professionalism, entertainment and high-and-mighty disapproval?
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Lots of high-and-mighty people populate Tyrrell’s recollections.
    — John Fund, National Review, 26 Nov. 2023
Definition of high-and-mighty
Adjective
  • But adopting a hard line, superior attitude won’t convince anyone to quit.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Check back next week to see whether GPT can beat me in three straight weeks or if the human is due to remind AI that our brains are still superior.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of superior
Adjective
  • Managing these risks is not something these business leaders, or their respective state actor partners, need overly supercilious advice on.
    — Radu Magdin, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • This Cannes Directors’ Fortnight prizewinner sets out its pitch-black-comic stall early with a prologue in which, after a brief contretemps, local man Raoul Brun (Jean-Louis Coulloc’h) blows his supercilious neighbor’s head off with a shotgun and then disappears.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026
Definition of supercilious
Adjective
  • More than a little pretentious, with all the resources a $5 trillion market cap can bring to bear on every problem.
    — Aurich Lawson, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • But others have slammed the effort as a pretentious and obnoxious slog.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of pretentious
Adjective
  • Jim Parsons, too, understands the assignment as Rose's gold-digging mother, as do our adorably charming Jack Dawson (Rousouli) and hilariously uppity Cal (John Riddle).
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Steve Fields serves lobster tails and filet mignon, but its proprietor likes to think of the restaurant as D-FW’s affordable steakhouse — a place that isn’t too uppity.
    — Dallas News, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2022
Definition of uppity
Adjective
  • The story resonated, not because this one World Cup match mattered, but because the presumptuous disdain that America showed for everyone else was so familiar.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In the post-Watergate, post-Vietnam era, this thinking went, Congress had gone too far in constraining the executive branch with presumptuous reforms that aimed to secure greater accountability and transparency from the White House.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of presumptuous
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“Fastuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fastuous. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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