Definition of pretentious

"pretentious" in the adjective sense

1. pretentious

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. ostentatious, pretentious

intended to attract notice and impress others

"an ostentatious sable coat"

3. ostentatious, pretentious

of a display) tawdry or vulgar

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Quotations for pretentious

Talk, except as the preparation for work, is worth almost nothing; sometimes it is worth infinitely less than nothing; and becomes, little conscious of playing such a fatal part, the general summary of pretentious nothingnesses, and the chief of all the curses the posterity of Adam are liable to in this sublunary world. [ Carlyle ]

pretentious in Scrabble®

The word pretentious is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters pretentious:

PRETENTIOUS
(126)
PRETENTIOUS
(126)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (104 words)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word pretentious

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In pretentious

PRETENTIOUS
(126)
PRETENTIOUS
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pretentious in Words With Friends™

The word pretentious is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters pretentious:

PRETENTIOUS
(198)
PRETENTIOUS
(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (104 words)

ensuite, entries, entrust, erotise, estrone, inepter, intorts, intrust, netters, neuters, nitrous, norites, nutsier, nutters, nuttier, onestep, openers, openest, orients, outspin, outstep, pentose, peonies, petites, pettier, pioneer, piteous, poetise, pointer, portent, postern, posture, poteens, potters, potties, pouters, poutier, poutine, prenote, present, pretest, pronest, protein, protest, protist, pterins, puniest, punster, punters, purines, putters, puttier, putties, reinput, reopens, repents, repines, repoint, respite, retints, retunes, reunite, ropiest, rosette, routine, serpent, snotter, soupier, spinout, spotter, spouter, sputter, stonier, stourie, stouter, stunter, tenters, tentier, tenures, terpine, testier, teutons, tinpots, tinters, tipster, tiptoer, tiptoes, tonsure, toupees, tourist, touters, treetop, trienes, triones, tropist, troupes, trustee, turnips, tutoree, uniters, unreset, unstrip, uprisen, uterine

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word pretentious

PRETENTIOUS
(198)
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(198)
PRETENTIOUS
(180)
PRETENTIOUS
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In pretentious

PRETENTIOUS
(198)
PRETENTIOUS
(198)
PRETENTIOUS
(180)
PRETENTIOUS
(108)
PRETENTIOUS
(108)
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Words within the letters of pretentious

2 letter words in pretentious (17 words)

10 letter words in pretentious (1 word)

11 letter words in pretentious (1 word)

pretentious + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence pretentious

Words that start with pretentious (3 words)

Words with pretentious in them (3 words)

Words that end with pretentious (2 words)

Word Growth involving pretentious

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Longer words containing pretentious

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unpretentious unpretentiously

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