Synonyms

1. ostentatious

Sentence Examples

1. He laughed silently at himself it sounded pretentious even in his own head.
2. The house before me was the ordinary moorland farm, with a more pretentious whitewashed wing added.
3. If the Chateau de Vaux possessed a single fault with which it could be reproached, it was its grand, pretentious character.
4. Not nearly as pretentious as the rest of the house, this room was more personal.
5. The plush and palatial office of Tomar Donovackia felt too pretentious for Commander Bornani, but he forced himself to appear comfortable while meeting the most powerful man on the two worlds.
6. I picture Richard strolling through the building, enjoying the elegance, making a show of reading the displays, hands behind his back, all sage and pretentious.
7. The wild rose-colored walls and heavy wooden chests screamed pretentious.
8. The rest of him continued to curse the place and its pretentious polished décor.
9. Harmonia led Kadmus not to the temple, but around it, to a palace that seemed pretentious next to the unassuming place of worship.