pretentious
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"
pretentious
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ (of a display) tawdry or vulgar
pretentious
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
pretentiously
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ in a pretentious manner; "this author writes pretentiously"
pretentiousness
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
pretentiousness
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
preterist
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled
preterit
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
preterite
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
preterition
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
preterm baby
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
preterm infant
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
pretermission
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ letting pass without notice
pretermit
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ disregard intentionally or let pass
pretermit
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
preternatural
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley
preternatural
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction"
preternaturally
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ in a supernatural manner; "she was preternaturally beautiful"
pretext
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
pretext
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"