English noun: pretentiousness | |||
1. | pretentiousness (attribute) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | ||
Synonyms | inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, puffiness, splashiness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | inelegance | ||
2. | pretentiousness (attribute) the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | ||
Synonyms | largeness, pretension | ||
Broader (hypernym) | unnaturalness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ostentation | ||
Antonyms | unpretentiousness | ||