претенцио́зен — meaning in English
pretentsiozen
Bulgarian → English · translate English → Bulgarian instead
English meaning
- ambitious adj Having a strong desire for success, power, or achievement.
- bombastic adj showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
- grandiose adj Extremely ambitious or impressive in scale.
- pretentious adj Trying too hard to seem impressive, intelligent, or important, in a way that comes across as fake or overblown.
Senses
претенцио́зен is used for these senses in English:
- ambitious (of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
- bombastic (of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
- grandiose Pompous or pretentious.
- pretentious Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
ambitious — full definition
- adj Having a strong desire for success, power, or achievement.
- adj Requiring great effort or resources to accomplish; large in scope.
bombastic — full definition
- adj showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
- adj High‐sounding but with little meaning.
- adj Loud, aggressive, highly exaggerated, or explosive in manner or delivery; over‐the‐top.
- adj Inflated, overfilled.