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 |
| CHICHI | 1 % | 6 |
| SWANK | 1 % | 5 |
| HIFALUTIN | 1 % | 9 |
| HIGHFALUTIN | 1 % | 11 |
| HIGHTONED | 0 % | 9 |
| ASSUMING | 0 % | 8 |
| OVERBLOWN | 0 % | 9 |
| AFFECTED | 0 % | 8 |
| PUFFED | 0 % | 6 |
| VAIN | 0 % | 4 |
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 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 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 HIFALUTIN
More clues leading to the result HIGHFALUTIN
More clues leading to the result HIGHTONED
More clues leading to the result ASSUMING
More clues leading to the result OVERBLOWN
More clues leading to the result AFFECTED
More clues leading to the result PUFFED
- Breathed hard
- Made cereal, maybe
- Enjoyed a pipe
- Pretentious
- Made pants?
- Made like the big, bad wolf
- Took a toke
- ___ rice