1. Vaniteux.
2. Présomptueux. Un homme prétentieux.
3. Maniéré. Un style prétentieux.
1. Acted upon; influenced.
2. Speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression; SYN. unnatural.
3. Emotionally affected; SYN. stirred, touched.
Offensively self-assertive; SYN. self-assertive.
Offensively conceited or self-assertive
Presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive; obtrusive
1. Intended to attract notice and impress others; SYN. pretentious.
2. Of a display that is tawdry or vulgar; SYN. pretentious, kitsch.
ETYM French pompeux, Latin pomposus. Related to Pomp.
1. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious.
2. (Obsolete) Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent.
ETYM Cf. French prétentieux. Related to Pretend.
Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction.
1. Marked by conspicuous display; SYN. splashy.
2. Marked by extravagant display.
ETYM French, prop. p. p. of parvenir to attain to, to succeed, to rise to high station, Latin pervenire to come to; per through + venire to come. Related to Par, prep., and Come.
An upstart; a person who has just arrived in fashionable society, usually from modest beginnings.
One suddenly risen to wealth without great social rank.
Vulgar newly-rich person; upstart.
1. A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class; SYN. parvenu, nouveau-riche.
2. An arrogant or presumptuous person.