pretentious
USpri-TEN-chuhs/pɹɪˈtɛn.t͡ʃəs/
- 1Trying too hard to impress people or to seem more important than is true.
My cousin is so pretentious that he only drinks coffee from one tiny farm.
The big gold sign on the little shop looked pretentious.
Similarpompous, affected, showy, ostentatious, grandiose
Oppositeunpretentious, modest, unassuming, simple
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Origin
From the French word prétentieux, which goes back to Latin.