pretentiousness | ||
1. | [ noun ] lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | |
Synonyms: | pompousness ostentatiousness pomposity splashiness inflation ostentation | |
Related terms: | inelegance | |
2. | [ noun ] the quality of being pretentious (creating a false appearance of great importance or worth) | |
Synonyms: | pretension | |
Related terms: | unpretentiousness unnaturalness ostentation | |
Similar spelling: |
pretentiously |