These answers for “Pretentious” come directly from completed puzzles where clues matched closely, offering a shortlist of possibilities that have been successfully used before.
Possible Answers:
- POMPOUS
- ARTSY
- UPPITY
- HOITYTOITY
- AFFECTED
- OVERBLOWN
- ARTY
- UPPISH
- LADIDA
- ARROGANT
- BOMBASTIC
- PSEUD
- CHICHI
- HIGHFLOWN
Synonyms and Definitions
POMPOUS
- Synonyms: ceremonious, grandiloquent, overblown, pontifical, portentous
UPPITY
- Synonyms: overweening
AFFECTED
- Synonyms: affect, bear on, bear upon, dissemble, feign, impact, impress, involve, move, moved, pretend, regard, sham, stirred, strike, touch, touch on, touched, unnatural
OVERBLOWN
- Synonyms: pompous
UPPISH
- Synonyms: bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for ones breeches
ARROGANT
- Synonyms: chesty, self-important
BOMBASTIC
- Synonyms: declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid
PSEUD
- Synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseudo, role player, shammer
CHICHI
- Synonyms: chic, chicness, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank