pretentious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 prĭ-tĕnˈ-chəs

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others.
    — Her dress was obviously more pretentious than comfortable.
  2. Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
    — Their song titles are pretentious in the context of their basic lyrics.
  3. Marked by pretense (not necessarily false pretense); intent upon success; ambitious. obsolete
    — ... the first definite and pretentious attempt to make the wardrobe trunk a commercial possibility ... The new trunk would be exploited direct to the traveling public, and he had the means for a pretentious start.

词形变化

more pretentious comparative most pretentious superlative prætentious alternative

词汇关系

近义词
highfalutin affected effete fey recherché hoity-toity overrefined pansified precious pretentious smug stagy stilted theatrical Woosterian
反义词
unpretentious humble modest demure formal natural priggish prim prudish puritanical Quakerish
上位词
artificial canting foppish insincere overdone showy vain
下位词
ad captandum artsy-craftsy cutesy-wootsy literose mannered mincing minsitive pedantic pompous pseudoclassical sanctimonious
衍生词
nonpretentious pretentiously pretentiousness
相关词
false pretense pretend pretender pretense pretension pretentiosity fastidious gaudy simpering

词源

From French prétentieux, from prétention, from Latin praetēnsus (“false or hypocritical profession”), past participle of praetendō.
Note that pretentious is spelled with a ‘t’, unlike related pretense, pretension. This is due to the French spelling: *-sious does not occur as an English suffix, though -sion and -tion both do.
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