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pretentious [a]
 
1)making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: arty  artsy-craftsy  grandiloquent  grandiose  high-flown  jumped-up  nouveau-riche  sententious  sesquipedalian  in_poor_taste  unpretentious 
 
2)intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"
    Synonyms :ostentatious 
    See Also: flaunty  showy  unostentatious 
 
3)of a display that is tawdry or vulgar
    Synonyms :kitsch ostentatious 
    See Also: in_poor_taste 
 



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