pretentiousness
Definitions
Noun
- Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
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| 1 | prevention | 3 | 27 |
| 2 | retention | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | seriousness | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | pretentious | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | righteousness | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | presentations | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | pretense | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | portentous | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | unpretentious | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | pretensions | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | pretenses | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | pettiness | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | contentiousness | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | rebelliousness | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | pretension | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | penthouses | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | detentions | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | fractiousness | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | pretties | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | prentiss | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | protections | 3 | 0 |
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Definitions: 2
Fragments: 0
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
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This Word in the News:
Friday is National Pickle Day, and The Pretentious Pickle Co.’s Lorraine Connell isn’t half-sour about it.
Nov 11, 2025 The Boston Globe
Nov 11, 2025 The Boston Globe