Pretentious

Trying to seem more important or special than you really are, often by acting in a way that feels showy or not genuine.

Examples

• During the art class, I found it frustrating when some students acted pretentious, pretending to be experts, while the rest of us just wanted to learn and share our creativity without feeling judged.
• When he started using complicated words to explain simple ideas during our group project, it made him seem pretentious, as if he was trying too hard to impress everyone instead of just working together.
• At the science fair, I was surprised to see how many projects looked amazing but were actually just pretentious displays, with flashy decorations instead of genuine scientific experiments and ideas.

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