The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ARTY , but the solution may also be ARTSY which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Pretentious crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ARTY | 54 % | 4 |
| ARTSY | 26 % | 5 |
| LADIDA | 7 % | 6 |
| HOITYTOITY | 3 % | 10 |
| LAHDIDAH | 2 % | 8 |
| TOOTOO | 2 % | 6 |
| SWANK | 1 % | 5 |
| CHICHI | 1 % | 6 |
| HIFALUTIN | 1 % | 9 |
| HIGHFALUTIN | 1 % | 11 |
| VAIN | 0 % | 4 |
| HIGHTONED | 0 % | 9 |
| ASSUMING | 0 % | 8 |
| OVERBLOWN | 0 % | 9 |
| AFFECTED | 0 % | 8 |
| PUFFED | 0 % | 6 |
Why may ARTSY be the right solution?
"Artsy" is the right solution for "pretentious" because it refers to someone or something that is excessively creative or artistic in a way that is often perceived as pretentious or affected.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pretentious
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- high-sounding
- highfalutin
- high-flown
- pompous
- hoity-toity
- jumped-up
- grandiloquent
- high-flying
- ostentatious
- showy
- flaunty
- kitsch
Crossword Answer definitions
ARTY adjective- Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ARTY
- Avant-garde
- Creative
- Innovative
- Pretentious
- Too stylish
- Overly pretentious
- Pretentious, as a film
- Pseudo-esthetic
- Bohemian
- Into Stan Brakhage films, say
More clues leading to the result ARTSY
- Affected
- Pretentious and highfalutin
- Dilettantish
- Avant-garde
- Pretentious
- ___-craftsy
- Bohemian
- Highfalutin, culturally
- Boho
- Showily pretentious
More clues leading to the result LADIDA
- Foppish
- Hoity-toity
- "Well, aren't you fancy!"
- Nonchalant syllables
- "Annie Hall" catch-phrase
- "Well, ___!" ("How pretentious!")
- Pretentious
- Too-too
- Highfalutin
- "Well, isn't that special"
More clues leading to the result HOITYTOITY
- Pretentious
- Pompous
- Putting on airs
- Highfalutin
- Condescending
- Putting on airs; flighty.
- Patronizing.
- Assuming airs
- High-hat
- Arrogant
More clues leading to the result LAHDIDAH
- Pretentious
- "Well, aren't you the fancy one!"
- Fancy-schmancy
- Hoity-toity
- Highfalutin
- Words of the pretentious, perhaps
More clues leading to the result TOOTOO
- Excessively affected
- Overly pretentious
- Extreme
- La-di-da
- Artily affected
- Excessively cute
- Pretentious
- A bit much
- Tastelessly affected
- Terribly affected
More clues leading to the result SWANK
- Grand, and then some
- Pretentious
- Ostentatious
- Two-time Best Actress winner
- Ritz
- Ritziness
- Best Actress of 2000
- Pretentiousness
- Chichi
- Elegant
More clues leading to the result CHICHI
- Very fancy
- High-class
- Very trendy
- Pretentious refinement
- Affectedly elegant
- Golfer Rodriguez
- Hoity-toity
- Ostentatious
- Pretentious
- Swanky to a fault
More clues leading to the result HIFALUTIN
More clues leading to the result HIGHFALUTIN
More clues leading to the result VAIN
- Like Narcissus
- Egotistical
- Conceited
- Nose-in-the-air
- Fond of oneself
- Cocksure
- Cocky
- Mirror-conscious
- Useless
- Full of oneself