Synonyms for Pretentious (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (of a display that is tawdry or vulgar):
kitsch, ostentatious
WordNet sense 2 (affectedly genteel):
grandiose
WordNet sense 3 (puffed up with vanity):
grandiloquent, pompous
WordNet sense 4 (showily imitative of art or artists):
arty
WordNet sense 5 (marked by ostentation but often tasteless):
showy
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