Pretentious vs. Portentous

Pretentiousadjective

Intended to impress others; ostentatious.

Pretentiousadjective

Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.

Pretentiousadjective

Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.

Pretentiousadjective

making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction;

Pretentiousadjective

intended to attract notice and impress others;

Pretentiousadjective

of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

Pretentiousadjective

attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed

Portentousadjective

Of momentous or ominous significance.

Portentousadjective

Ominously prophetic.

Portentousadjective

Puffed up with vanity.

Portentousadjective

Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.

Portentousadjective

Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size.

Portentousadjective

of momentous or ominous significance;

Portentousadjective

of ominous significance

Portentousadjective

puffed up with vanity;

Portentousadjective

of or like a portent; of momentous significance

Portentousadjective

done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress