English-French translations for pretentious

• prétentieux
  L'Union est réduite à un catéchisme libéral agressif et prétentieux. The Union has been reduced to an aggressive and pretentious liberal doctrine.
  Je trouve cela un peu prétentieux de la part de M. Verhofstadt (s'il est encore là) de demander à Mme Merkel de cesser de parler de l'euro. I find it a bit pretentious of Mr Verhofstadt (if he is still there) to tell Mrs Merkel to shut up talking about the euro.

Definition of pretentious

• Intended to impress others; ostentatious
• Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction

Examples

• Her dress was obviously more pretentious than comfortable.
• Their song titles are pretentious in the context of their basic lyrics.

Related words

• unpretentious
• pretentiousness
• pretentiously
• unpretentiousness
• unpretentiously