This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

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adj. Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.

adj. Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious. See Synonyms at showy.

adj. Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.

adj. Ostentatious; intended to impress others.

adj. Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.

Pretended; unfounded; false.

Full of pretension, or claims to greater excellence or importance than the truth warrants; attempting to pass for more than the actual worth or importance; making an exaggerated outward show.

adj. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction

adj. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

adj. intended to attract notice and impress others

"One thing I noticed about the comments on your blog is that folks often use the term pretentious to describe a restaurant."

parvenue    arty    pontifical    grandiose    arty-crafty    sesquipedalian    grandiloquent    nouveau riche    overblown    hifalutin   

pretender    pretension    pretend    pretense   

pretentiousness    pretentiously   

presuming    assuming    poseur    arrogant   

conscientious    contentious    tendentious    unpretentious   

pompous    bombastic    ostentatious    vulgar    sumptuous    gaudy    grandiose    costly    ornate    fantastic