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English and French Translation Search Results for pretentiously

Summary

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pretentious:
- prétentieuse; prétentieux; présomptueux; prétentieusement
Wiktionary:
- pretentiously → pompeusement
- pretentious → prétentieux
- pretentious → prétentieux

English

Detailed Translations for pretentiously from English to French

pretentiously:

Antonyms for "pretentiously":

unpretentiously

Related Definitions for "pretentiously":

in a pretentious manner¹
- this author writes pretentiously¹

Wiktionary Translations for pretentiously:

pretentiously

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- pompeusement → pompously; pretentiously

pretentious:

pretentious adj

pretentious (presumptuous)
prétentieuse; prétentieux; présomptueux; prétentieusement
- prétentieuse adj
- prétentieux adj
- présomptueux adj
- prétentieusement adj

Translation Matrix for pretentious:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
prétentieux		know-it-all; show-off; showboat; smart-alec; smarty-pants; toady
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	ostentatious
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
présomptueux	presumptuous; pretentious	ambitious; arrogant; aspiring; bumptious; conceited; condescending; foppish; haughty; high-flying; high-handed; impudent; insolent; overbearing; pedantic; presumptuous; pushy; self-satisfied; shameless; stuck-up; supercilious; superior; swanky
prétentieuse	presumptuous; pretentious	arrogant; condescending; haughty; high-handed; overbearing; presumptuous; self-satisfied; stuck-up; supercilious; superior
prétentieusement	presumptuous; pretentious	arrogant; condescending; haughty; high-handed; impudent; insolent; overbearing; presumptuous; self-satisfied; shameless; stuck-up; supercilious; superior
prétentieux	presumptuous; pretentious	arrogant; condescending; haughty; high-handed; impudent; insolent; overbearing; pedantic; presumptuous; self-satisfied; shameless; stuck-up; supercilious; superior

Related Words for "pretentious":

unpretentious, pretentiously

Synonyms for "pretentious":

arty; artsy-craftsy; arty-crafty; grandiloquent; overblown; pompous; pontifical; portentous; grandiose; hifalutin; highfalutin; highfaluting; hoity-toity; la-di-da; high-flown; high-sounding; inflated; jumped-up; nouveau-riche; parvenu; parvenue; upstart; sententious; sesquipedalian; tasteless
ostentatious; flaunty; showy; splashy
kitsch; tasteless

Antonyms for "pretentious":

unpretentious; unostentatious

Related Definitions for "pretentious":

intended to attract notice and impress others¹
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction¹
- a pretentious country house¹
- a pretentious fraud¹
- a pretentious scholarly edition¹
(of a display) tawdry or vulgar¹

Wiktionary Translations for pretentious:

pretentious

adjective

marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
- pretentious → prétentieux

pretentious

adjective

Qui a des prétentions, désireux d’attirer l’admiration d’autrui.
- prétentieux → pretentious; ostentatious

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• pretentious	→ prétentieux	↔ prätentiös — versuchend, durch besondere Darstellungsmöglichkeiten (Sprache, Aussehen usw.) höhere Bedeutung des Inhalts vorzugaukeln

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