Reticent can refer to someone who is restrained and formal, but it can also refer to someone who doesn't want to draw attention to herself or who prefers seclusion to other people. Don't confuse reticent with reluctant, which means unwilling. Definitions of reticent. adjective. reluctant to draw attention to yourself.
As adjectives the difference between arrogant and pretentious. is that arrogant is having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt for others while pretentious is marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
a supercilious person behaves as if they think they are better or more important than everyone else.
confident, overconfident, cocky, courageous, assured, smug, arrogant, believing, bold, brave, cocksure, expectant, expecting, fearless, positive, secure, sure, unafraid, puffed up, sure of oneself.
ostentation. noun. a show of something such as money, power, or skill that is intended to impress people.
The definition of sanctimonious involves making a big show about how you are better or morally superior to others. An example of sanctimonious is someone who always goes on and on about how he does tons of charity work and is such a great person. adjective.
If you know someone who's totally addicted to luxurious things and all of life's pleasures, call her a sybarite. Today, the word still has the same two meanings: it's either a person who could be described as addicted to pleasures and luxury (like a hedonist), or an actual person who lives in Sybaris.
a person who advances the idea that all events are naturally predetermined or subject to fate: Despite his teaching that class conflict is inevitable, observers contend that Marx was not a fatalist about historical change. adjective. a variant of fatalistic.
1 : intensely hot : boiling a seething inferno. 2 : constantly moving or active : agitated.
cut a swath To show off or attract attention to one-self; to make a pretentious display; to cut a dash.
1a : the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift the necessity of wartime parsimony. b : the quality or state of being stingy The charity was surprised by the parsimony of some larger corporations.
indifferent, unconcerned, incurious, aloof, detached, disinterested mean not showing or feeling interest. indifferent implies neutrality of attitude from lack of inclination, preference, or prejudice.
1 : clothed in vivid colors a garish clown. 2a : excessively or disturbingly vivid garish colors garish imagery. b : offensively or distressingly bright : glaring. 3 : tastelessly showy : flashy garish neon signs.
1 : pageants and the presentation of pageants. 2 : colorful, rich, or splendid display : spectacle. 3 : mere show : empty display.
1 : a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements. 2a : a brisk preliminary verbal conflict. b : a minor dispute or contest between opposing parties the debate touched off a skirmish.
the act or practice of conforming, as to social convention, religious orthodoxy, or established political belief, — conformist, n., adj. -Ologies & -Isms.
