pretentious
ഫോണ്നമ്പര്
definition
adjective
a pretentious literary device
attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.
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' ?
Sadly, it comes across more as a 'pretentious' attempt to buy the world a coke.
It's loved by a small band of 'pretentious' types who dress in black.
The film itself sounds like a 'pretentious' waste of time, although it could be rather pretty.
Of course a lot of what he said was 'pretentious' rubbish but that is normal for art critics.
If we were too serious it might have come off as 'pretentious' , heavy handed or silly.
Enough of this pseudo-intellectual posturing, these 'pretentious' literary musings!
One of the things I dislike is 'pretentious' people who chat a lot of hot air.
I was going to make a Cold War analogy here, but, let's face it, that would be ridiculously 'pretentious' .
To say that the music is overblown and 'pretentious' is rather an understatement.
Some thought her 'pretentious' , of which there are many greater crimes.
What you want to do if you actually fancy being a 'pretentious' intellectual is read the book.
Towards the other wives and their children she was always extremely imperious, haughty and 'pretentious' .
He also had a convoluted and elaborate manner of speech that many thought 'pretentious' .
This has been dismissed by most film writers as an inaccurate, 'pretentious' bore.
If it looks or sounds 'pretentious' , then that is what it will be accused of.
Apparently, the language used by wine writers is too flowery and 'pretentious' .
The council fools no one with its 'pretentious' claims for being ‘of world stature’.
Is it just 'pretentious' rhetoric that I am using to avoid facing myself?
There is a lot of 'pretentiousness' and snobbery associated with literature.
Fortunately we're not au fait with 'pretentiousness' and ‘inflated self-opinions’ here.
I, for one, am glad that a network 'pretentiously' titled The Learning Channel is not nearly as highbrow as its name might indicate.
The important thing is to get ridiculously and 'pretentiously' creative, and let everyone know what you're doing and what it all represents.
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.
What was Joyce's excuse for such 'pretentiousness' ?
Rather 'pretentiously' , I always have this by the bed - I often find it soothing to read a few pages about the mating and migratory habits of swallows before I go to sleep.
The dialogue is self-consciously clunky, the characters are stereotypes and each section is fronted with a 'pretentiously' redundant quotation.
But at the same time this 'pretentiousness' puts me off.
Creating a character is all about ‘problem solving’ and self-deprecation is the best defence against the temptations of 'pretentiousness' .
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