Dictionary Entry
pretentious
pretentious is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.
- 2adjective
intended to attract notice and impress others
"an ostentatious sable coat"
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- 3adjective
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
"a pretentious country house"
"a pretentious fraud"
- 4adjective
(of a display) tawdry or vulgar
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