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prätentiös — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • jaunty adj Lively, confident, and stylish in manner or appearance.
  • pretentious adj Trying too hard to seem impressive, intelligent, or important, in a way that comes across as fake or overblown.

Senses

prätentiös is used for these senses in English:

  • affectedly In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
  • bumptious (UK) Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.
  • pretentious Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.

Related German words