pretentiousness

Letters that make pretentiousness

s, o, e, n, p, r, t, i, u are letters that make 'pretentiousness'

Words within pretentiousness

rete, re, ti, te, PR, NT, IOU, en, USN, SS, pretentious, ten, US, NE, ness, Io, tent, Re, Es, Ne, Pr, Te, Sn, Ti, ret are words within 'pretentiousness'

2 possible definitions for 'pretentiousness'

Pretentiousness as "lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity"

Under this definition, pretentiousness is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, puffiness, splashiness, ostentation, inflation have the same meaning as 'pretentiousness'

pretentiousness as a type

'pretentiousness' can be a type of inelegance.

Derivatives of pretentiousness

overblown, portentous, ostentatious, pretentious, pontifical, grandiloquent, pompous are derivatives of 'pretentiousness'.

Pretentiousness as "the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)"

Under this definition, pretentiousness is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

pretension, largeness have the same meaning as 'pretentiousness'

Antonyms

unpretentiousness has the opposite meaning of pretentiousness

pretentiousness as a type

'pretentiousness' can be a type of unnaturalness.

Types of pretentiousness

ostentation is a type of pretentiousness.

Derivatives of pretentiousness

large, tumid, orotund, pretentious, turgid, bombastic, declamatory are derivatives of 'pretentiousness'.


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