pretentious manner

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• manner — n. 1) an arrogant, cavalier, imperious, overbearing; awkward; boorish; businesslike; casual, hit or miss, offhand, relaxed; charming; cloying; coarse, crude, rude, uncouth; courteous, polite; cursory; debonair; flippant; forthcoming; friendly;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Konstantin Balmont — Valentin Serov: Portrait of Konstantin Balmont. 1905. Born Konstanti′n Dmi′trievich Balmo′nt 15 June 1867(1867 06 15) Shuya, Russian Empire Died 23 September 1 …   Wikipedia

• pretentiously — adverb in a pretentious manner this author writes pretentiously • Ant: ↑unpretentiously • Derived from adjective: ↑pretentious …   Useful english dictionary

• queen — /kwin / (say kween) noun 1. a female sovereign or monarch; a woman who holds by life tenure (and usually by hereditary right) the position of official ruler, sometimes titular only, of a country. 2. the wife or consort of a king. 3. a woman who… …  

• king — kingless, adj. kinglessness, n. kinglike, adj. /king/, n. 1. a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people. 2. (cap.) God or Christ. 3. a person or… …   Universalium

• queen — queenless, adj. queenlike, adj. /kween/, n. 1. a female sovereign or monarch. 2. the wife or consort of a king. 3. a woman, or something personified as a woman, that is foremost or preeminent in any respect: a movie queen; a beauty queen; Athens …   Universalium

• fauxhemian — (FOH.hee.mee.un) adj. Relating to something that is bohemian in a fake or pretentious manner. n. A middle class or wealthy person who affects a countercultural lifestyle. Also: faux hemian. Example Citation: He sits, of course, at a coffeehouse… …   New words

• side — noun 1》 a position to the left or right of an object, place, or central point. 2》 either of the two halves of something regarded as divided by an imaginary central line. 3》 an upright or sloping surface of a structure or object that is not the… …   English new terms dictionary

• queen — [[t]kwin[/t]] n. 1) gov a female sovereign or monarch 2) gov the wife or consort of a king 3) a woman, or something personified as a woman, preeminent in some respect: a beauty queen; Athens, the queen of the Aegean[/ex] 4) off cvb sts sl. a) usu …   From formal English to slang

• swank — /swæŋk / (say swangk) Colloquial –noun 1. dashing smartness, as in bearing, appearance, etc.; style. 2. swagger. –adjective 3. pretentiously stylish. –verb (i) 4. to swagger in behaviour; show off. –phrase 5. put on swank, to behave in a showy or …  

• side — ► NOUN 1) a position to the left or right of an object, place, or central point. 2) either of the two halves of something regarded as divided by an imaginary central line. 3) an upright or sloping surface of a structure or object that is not the… …   English terms dictionary