All 4 Uses of
pretentious
in
Babbitt
- There is character in spectacles—the pretentious tortoiseshell, the meek pince-nez of the school teacher, the twisted silver-framed glasses of the old villager.†
Chpt 1
- The club was a dingy building, three pretentious old dwellings
Chpt 15 *pretentious = trying to appear more impressive than is deserved
- He saw the years, the brilliant winter days and all the long sweet afternoons which were meant for summery meadows, lost in such brittle pretentiousness.†
Chpt 18
- His glasses on their broad pretentious ribbon banged against his stomach.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(pretentious) acting more impressive than is deserved