pretentious
1. [ adjective ] making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
Examples:

"a pretentious country house" "a pretentious fraud" "a pretentious scholarly edition"

Related terms: unpretentious grandiloquent arty sententious grandiose artsy-craftsy nouveau-riche sesquipedalian high-flown jumped-up tasteless
2. [ adjective ] of a display that is tawdry or vulgar
Synonyms: kitsch ostentatious
Related terms: tasteless
3. [ adjective ] intended to attract notice and impress others
Synonyms: ostentatious
Examples:

"an ostentatious sable coat"

Related terms: unostentatious showy conspicuous
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