Antonyms for pretentious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pri-ten-shuhs

Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈtɛn ʃəs

Definition of pretentious

Origin : 1836, from French prétentieux (17c.), from prétention "pretension," from Medieval Latin pretentionem (nominative pretentio) "pretension," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin praetendere (see pretend (v.)).

adj snobbish, conceited

Example sentences :

It is the most pretentious feature of the book, and in its way about as good as any.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

The house, too, had a pretentious air about it that promised well.
Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever

And Marion delivered this speech with a most oracular and pretentious tone.
Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever

The High Light proved to be the most pretentious resort in Goldpan.
Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton

Let no one rashly pronounce me a coxcomb, vain and pretentious, for all this.
Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever

I told him, and at once there was a most pretentious hubbub.
Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane

It had a lofty and pretentious brick church of a modern type.
Extract from : « The Old Front Line » by John Masefield

But the Liszt Ballade is so empty, so pretentious, so affected!
Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker

His court, while it is one of the least pretentious in Europe, is yet one of the most refined.
Extract from : « Foot-prints of Travel » by Maturin M. Ballou

It was then, if I do say it, the most pretentious home in the city.
Extract from : « The Loyalist » by James Francis Barrett

Synonyms for pretentious

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