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Ostentatious vs. Pretentious

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Ostentatiousadjective

Of ostentation.

Pretentiousadjective

Intended to impress others; ostentatious.

‘Her dress was obviously more pretentious than comfortable.’;

Ostentatiousadjective

Intended to attract notice.

Pretentiousadjective

Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.

‘Their song titles are pretentious in the context of their basic lyrics.’;

Ostentatiousadjective

Of tawdry display; kitsch.

Pretentiousadjective

Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.

Ostentatiousadjective

Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.

‘Far from being ostentatious of the good you do.’; ‘The ostentatious professions of many years.’;

Pretentiousadjective

making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction;

‘a pretentious country house’; ‘a pretentious fraud’; ‘a pretentious scholarly edition’;

Ostentatiousadjective

intended to attract notice and impress others;

‘an ostentatious sable coat’;

Pretentiousadjective

intended to attract notice and impress others;

‘an ostentatious sable coat’;

Ostentatiousadjective

of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

Pretentiousadjective

of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

Pretentiousadjective

attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed

‘the pretentious jargon of wine experts’; ‘pretentious art films’;

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