pretentious
பகட்டான
definition
adjective
a pretentious literary device
attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.
translation of 'pretentious'
போலி பாத்தியதை கொண்டாடுகிற,
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Sadly, it comes across more as a 'pretentious' attempt to buy the world a coke.
It's pleasingly literary without being 'pretentious' ; plot is in no way sacrificed to prose.
Of course a lot of what he said was 'pretentious' rubbish but that is normal for art critics.
The council fools no one with its 'pretentious' claims for being ‘of world stature’.
He also had a convoluted and elaborate manner of speech that many thought 'pretentious' .
What you want to do if you actually fancy being a 'pretentious' intellectual is read the book.
Is it just 'pretentious' rhetoric that I am using to avoid facing myself?
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.
Enough of this pseudo-intellectual posturing, these 'pretentious' literary musings!
What critic, or prince, could resist something so impressive and so 'pretentious' ?
Apparently, the language used by wine writers is too flowery and 'pretentious' .
To say that the music is overblown and 'pretentious' is rather an understatement.
Towards the other wives and their children she was always extremely imperious, haughty and 'pretentious' .
If it looks or sounds 'pretentious' , then that is what it will be accused of.
I was going to make a Cold War analogy here, but, let's face it, that would be ridiculously 'pretentious' .
If we were too serious it might have come off as 'pretentious' , heavy handed or silly.
This has been dismissed by most film writers as an inaccurate, 'pretentious' bore.
It's loved by a small band of 'pretentious' types who dress in black.
One of the things I dislike is 'pretentious' people who chat a lot of hot air.
What was Joyce's excuse for such 'pretentiousness' ?
But at the same time this 'pretentiousness' puts me off.
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.
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.
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.
The important thing is to get ridiculously and 'pretentiously' creative, and let everyone know what you're doing and what it all represents.
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.
There is a lot of 'pretentiousness' and snobbery associated with literature.
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