Hyphenation of PRETENTIOUS

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word PRETENTIOUS? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

PRE-TEN-TIOUS

Definitions of PRETENTIOUS:

1.	Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction A pretentious country house A pretentious fraud A pretentious scholarly edition
2.	Intended to attract notice and impress others An ostentatious sable coat
3.	(of a display) tawdry or vulgar

Synonyms of PRETENTIOUS:

adj	pretentious, arty, artsy-craftsy, arty-crafty, grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous, grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da, high-flown, high-sounding, inflated, jumped-up, nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue, upstart, sententious, sesquipedalian, tasteless, in poor taste
adj	ostentatious, flaunty, showy, splashy
adj	ostentatious, kitsch, tasteless

Last hyphenations of this language

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