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Fiasco :: Fiasco (n.) A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking..

Ostentation :: Ostentation (n.) The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.

Masquerade :: Masquerade (n.) Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.

Ostentatious :: Ostentatious (a.) Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful..

Flash :: Flash (a.) Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry..

Humble :: Humble (superl.) Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage..

Simplicity :: Simplicity (n.) Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life..

Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown..

Sophomorical :: Sophomorical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sophomore; resembling a sophomore; hence, pretentious; inflated in style or manner; as, sophomoric affectation..

Ambitiousness :: Ambitiousness (n.) The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

Charlatanical :: Charlatanical (a.) Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish.

Gewgaw :: Gewgaw (a.) Showy; unreal; pretentious.

Flash :: Flash (a.) Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery..

Pompous :: Pompous (a.) Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style..

Brag :: Brag (v. i.) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.

Masquerade :: Masquerade (v. i.) To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.

Assuming :: Assuming (a.) Pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous.

Declamatory :: Declamatory (a.) Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style..

Flatulent :: Flatulent (a.) Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity..

Assume :: Assume (v. i.) To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.

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