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pretentious in English:

1. unpretentious



English word "pretentious"(unpretentious) occurs in sets:

postive negative adjective

2. trying to appear more serious or important



English word "pretentious"(trying to appear more serious or important) occurs in sets:

describing people etc

3. posture


Your posture is very bad because you sit hunched over your laptop all day.
Poor posture can lead to muscular problems.
John has bad posture.
She has very good posture.
Exercise can improve your posture. Both sides adopted aggressive postures in the most recent negotiations
I remembered his posture more than his face.
Yoga practice can help improve your posture, breathing and concentration as well as reducing stress levels
He likes to posture as an intellectual.
The guard's truncheon hit air. Off balance, he regained his posture to see a metal-mesh rubbish bin flying towards him.

4. arrogant


He is very arrogant. He always boasts about how well-educated he is.
I couldn't put up with her arrogant behavior.
People who sign their names in capital letters are often arrogant.
I have just met Brian. Is he always so arrogant?
Michał is arrogant
However, he is very severe to those pupils who do not want to study and dislikes those who are arrogant and conceited.
Paul didn't become arrogant even though he was rich.
You're an arrogant dirty foreigner who claims your dictionary is correct even though you don't understand the nuances of Japanese.
She said I was selfish and arrogant.
I cannot think of anything more arrogant than that.
I found him arrogant and rude. / The authorities had behaved arrogantly, she said.
It’s very arrogant to think you’re better than her.
It was arrogant of me to think I know what's best for you. She is very arrogant person who wants things to be done her way.
He thinks he's better than everyone else. He's so arrogant.
He made an extremely arrogant remark.

5. someone who thinks he's more important than other person



6. intended to impress other people but seeming false or too deliberate