Pretentious vs. Rich

Pretentiousadjective

Intended to impress others; ostentatious.

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

Richadjective

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

Pretentiousadjective

Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.

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

Richadjective

Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.

‘a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry’;

Pretentiousadjective

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

Richadjective

Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.

‘a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop’;

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’;

Richadjective

Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.

‘rich soil or land; a rich mine’;

Pretentiousadjective

intended to attract notice and impress others;

‘an ostentatious sable coat’;

Richadjective

Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.

‘a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents’;

Pretentiousadjective

of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

Richadjective

Not faint or delicate; vivid.

‘a rich red colour’;

Pretentiousadjective

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

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

Richadjective

Very amusing.

‘The scene was a rich one.’; ‘a rich incident or character’;

Richadjective

(informal) Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous.

Richadjective

(computing) Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.

Richadjective

Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.

Richadjective

(finance) Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.

‘The ETF is trading rich to NAV right now; we can arb this by selling the ETF and buying the underlying constituents.’;

Richverb

To enrich.

Richverb

To become rich.

Richadjective

Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; - opposed to poor.

‘The rich [person] hath many friends.’; ‘As a thief, bent to unhoard the cashOf some rich burgher.’;

Richadjective

Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop.

‘If life be short, it shall be glorious;Each minute shall be rich in some great action.’; ‘The gorgeous East with richest handShowers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.’;

Richadjective

Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.

Richadjective

Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents.

‘Like to rich and various gems.’;

Richadjective

Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; - especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit.

‘Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India.’;

Richadjective

Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.

Richadjective

Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.

Richadjective

Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.

Richadjective

Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character.

Richverb

To enrich.

Richadjective

possessing material wealth;

‘her father is extremely rich’; ‘many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles’;

Richadjective

having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources);

‘blessed with a land rich in minerals’; ‘rich in ideas’; ‘rich with cultural interest’;

Richadjective

of great worth or quality;

‘a rich collection of antiques’;

Richadjective

marked by great fruitfulness;

‘fertile farmland’; ‘a fat land’; ‘a productive vineyard’; ‘rich soil’;

Richadjective

strong; intense;

‘deep purple’; ‘a rich red’;

Richadjective

very productive;

‘rich seams of coal’;

Richadjective

high in mineral content; having a a high proportion of fuel to air;

‘a rich vein of copper’; ‘a rich gas mixture’;

Richadjective

suggestive of or characterized by great expense;

‘a rich display’;

Richadjective

marked by richness and fullness of flavor;

‘a rich ruby port’; ‘full-bodied wines’; ‘a robust claret’; ‘the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee’;

Richadjective

highly seasoned or containing large amounts of choice ingredients such as butter or sugar or eggs;

‘kept gorging on rich foods’; ‘rich pastries’; ‘rich eggnogg’;

Richadjective

pleasantly full and mellow;

‘a rich tenor voice’;

Richadjective

affording an abundant supply;

‘had ample food for the party’; ‘copious provisions’; ‘food is plentiful’; ‘a plenteous grape harvest’; ‘a rich supply’;