Definitions For Pretentiousness

noun

  • The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
  • Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Is Pretentiousness a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global NO
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
21

The word Pretentiousness is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Pretentiousness in a Sentence

  • The houses in the neighborhood are large and pretentious.
  • That pretentious couple always serves caviar at their parties, even though they themselves dislike it

Synonyms for Pretentiousness

Antonyms for Pretentiousness

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