pretentious
कपटी
definition
adjective
a pretentious literary device
attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.
translation of 'pretentious'
ढीठ,
छली,
धृष्ट
adjective
कपटी,
मिथ्याभिमानी,
अभिमानी,
मिथ्या दावेदार,
धूर्त
example
It's pleasingly literary without being 'pretentious' ; plot is in no way sacrificed to prose.
What critic, or prince, could resist something so impressive and so 'pretentious' ?
If it looks or sounds 'pretentious' , then that is what it will be accused of.
Sadly, it comes across more as a 'pretentious' attempt to buy the world a coke.
Is it just 'pretentious' rhetoric that I am using to avoid facing myself?
What you want to do if you actually fancy being a 'pretentious' intellectual is read the book.
Apparently, the language used by wine writers is too flowery and 'pretentious' .
The film itself sounds like a 'pretentious' waste of time, although it could be rather pretty.
Some thought her 'pretentious' , of which there are many greater crimes.
Of course a lot of what he said was 'pretentious' rubbish but that is normal for art critics.
This has been dismissed by most film writers as an inaccurate, 'pretentious' bore.
One of the things I dislike is 'pretentious' people who chat a lot of hot air.
If we were too serious it might have come off as 'pretentious' , heavy handed or silly.
I was going to make a Cold War analogy here, but, let's face it, that would be ridiculously 'pretentious' .
Towards the other wives and their children she was always extremely imperious, haughty and 'pretentious' .
To say that the music is overblown and 'pretentious' is rather an understatement.
The council fools no one with its 'pretentious' claims for being ‘of world stature’.
Enough of this pseudo-intellectual posturing, these 'pretentious' literary musings!
He also had a convoluted and elaborate manner of speech that many thought 'pretentious' .
It's loved by a small band of 'pretentious' types who dress in black.
This movie, on the other hand, looks like it's going to be either a new horror classic that shapes the genre, or one of the most 'pretentiously' awful films of all time.
Creating a character is all about ‘problem solving’ and self-deprecation is the best defence against the temptations of 'pretentiousness' .
The dialogue is self-consciously clunky, the characters are stereotypes and each section is fronted with a 'pretentiously' redundant quotation.
I, for one, am glad that a network 'pretentiously' titled The Learning Channel is not nearly as highbrow as its name might indicate.
Mr. Speaker, it is my belief that if the Good Lord did not want us to behave 'pretentiously' , She would not have made me so pretentious.
But at the same time this 'pretentiousness' puts me off.
Fortunately we're not au fait with 'pretentiousness' and ‘inflated self-opinions’ here.
The important thing is to get ridiculously and 'pretentiously' creative, and let everyone know what you're doing and what it all represents.
What was Joyce's excuse for such 'pretentiousness' ?
There is a lot of 'pretentiousness' and snobbery associated with literature.
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