dictionnaire Français - Anglais

prétentieux Anglais:

1. bumptious

a bumptious young man

Anglais mot "prétentieux"(bumptious) se produit dans des ensembles:

Fiches du livre - "Lady Penelope" (Morley Roberts)
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Fiches du livre - "Jack The Giant Killer" (Perciva...
Fiches du livre - "The Man A Story of To-day" (Elb...
Fiches du livre - "The Canadian Commonwealth" (Agn...

2. highfalutin

Anglais mot "prétentieux"(highfalutin) se produit dans des ensembles:

Fiches du livre - "Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher" (Eleano...
Fiches du livre - "Why Lincoln Laughed" (Russell H...
Fiches du livre - "Scorn of Women A Play In Three ...
Fiches du livre - "Motor Matt's Launch or, A Frien...

3. conceited

No-one in the office liked her because she came across as very conceited.

I don't want to sound conceited, but we are the experts here.

Everyone is more or less conceited.

No-one in the office liked her because she came across as very conceited. / Some teenage girls are so conceited. They sit in front of the mirror all day admiring themselves.

He is a conceited jerk.

He may have lowbrow tastes but at least he's not snooty and conceited.

Conceited people take it for granted that they are superior to others.

fred’s so conceited he’d never believe anyone would refuse him

He came across rather too self-confident and conceited

Without wishing to sound conceited, I am the best salesperson in the company.

Some teenage girls are so conceited. They sit in front of the mirror all day admiring themselves.

Noone in the office liked her because she seemd to be very conceited.

However, he is very severe to those pupils who do not want to study and dislikes those who are arrogant and conceited.

I'm afraid you are very conceited, Mark.

In the style of conceited people, he lards his sentences with ill-digested English words. A kind of failed dandy, deprived of class.

Anglais mot "prétentieux"(conceited) se produit dans des ensembles:

Personality traits - Les traits de caractère
Caractère et personnalité - Character and personality