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Significats de pretentious en anglès

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Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction.

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Intended to attract notice and impress others.

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Having extreme self-confidence and overbearing pride.

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Ús de pretentious en anglès
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Yes, the process it precious and meticulous, but by no means pretentious.
Reuters
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The buildings were higher and much more pretentious in design and ornamentation.
Tarzan the Untamed
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I would need a while to come up with something suitably pretentious.
The Wise Man’s Fear
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There was nothing pretentious about the home in which he was raised.
Sergeant York And His People
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I find the architecture pretentious, even in its present somewhat de-Romanized version.
Julian
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Perhaps the most pretentious is the French Hotel in Santo Domingo City.
Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future
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It was pretentious and yet infectious, a delight for Harold to read.
The sherlockian
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More weighty than many of the more pretentious treatises on the subject.
Women and War Work
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That can look pretentious but I don't think it is at all.
The Guardian
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See, I can do pretentious art referencing with the best of them.
The Guardian
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Perhaps it's a fear of being judged as too earnest or pretentious.
Radio NZ
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There's no better time to be pretentious than when you're in college.
The Irish Times
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They saw the drawing of a pretentious structure with towers and porticoes.
When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel
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They passed spacious buildings, and came to those less pretentious in style.
Dawn
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Without trying to be pretentious, they achieve an effect of simple beauty.
The Jewel City
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A self-deceived little woman whispering in corners with a pretentious little man.
Main Street
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Pretentious a través del temps
Pretentious per variant geogràfica
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