pretentious

Etymology
From, from , from , past participle of.

Note that pretentious is spelled with a ‘t’, unlike related,. This is due to the French spelling: *-sious does not occur as an English suffix, though -sion and -tion both do.

Adjective

 * 1) Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others.
 * 2) Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
 * 1) Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
 * 1) Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:arrogant
 * See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Translations

 * Arabic: مَغْرُور
 * Belarusian: прэтэнцыёзны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: pretensiós
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: prætentiøs, selvhøjtidelig
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: pretensioso
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: móiréiseach, sotalach, postúil, gaisciúil
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: претенцио́зен
 * Maori: rangiwhata
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: pretensiøs
 * Nynorsk: pretensiøs
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: armante,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:, , , göz boyama, kendini beğenmiş
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ostentós
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: taibhseach, gáifeach, thar fóir
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: pretensiøs
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: ,