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.