Examples of using "Prétentieux" in a sentence and their english translations:
He has an enormous conceit.
You are so pretentious!
He's just a pretentious douchebag.
Tom is conceited.
- Mr Koizumi is really full of himself.
- Mr Koizumi thinks an awful lot of himself.
The mayor is a stuffed shirt.
Tom is conceited.
You are so pretentious!
You are so pretentious!
- He's an affected boy who looks down his nose at everybody.
- He's a pretentious boy who thinks he's better than everyone else.
You think someone coarser than you is "crude", and someone higher class than you to be "putting on airs".
The French language, by the way, is a clear stream that affected writers have never been, and will never be able to ripple. Each century has thrown in this limpid current its fashions, its pretentious archaisms and its preciousness, without anything surfacing from those useless attempts, those powerless efforts. The nature of this language is to be clear, logical and nervous. It won't let itself be weakened, obscured or corrupted.