fastuous

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fastuous
Adjective
  • What’s important now for the new generation that’s entering the workforce – as well as existing workers – is not to operate out of fear of AI, Patel advised.
    Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • Make paper copies of important documents such as birth certificates and insurance policies.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • Richard was known for being outspoken, if not arrogant, consistently rubbing his Tagi tribe the wrong way and offending some of them with his blatant display of nudity on the island.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 27 May 2025
  • Multiple people described him to me as unpopular and arrogant.
    Amanda Chicago Lewis, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The show perpetuates corporate media’s retaliation against those who oppose its leftist, Marxist, Communist, socialist agenda — the ideological myth favored by superficial and supercilious showbiz types ever since All the President’s Men and Network.
    Armond White, National Review, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Arthur is … a lot too, but with a supercilious edge?
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • As a group, HQ Portfolio stocks delivered superior returns with lower risk compared to the benchmark index, creating less of a turbulent experience as reflected in HQ Portfolio performance metrics.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • The Pacers, behind an unrelenting uptempo attack and superior depth, have won the third and fourth quarters in both games, as well as overtime in Game 1.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • Wine doesn’t have to be pretentious or complicated.
    Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • Trust the French to come up with the most pretentious word in the dictionary.
    Dwight Garner, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Steve Fields serves lobster tails and filet mignon, but its proprietor likes to think of the restaurant as D-FW’s affordable steakhouse — a place that isn’t too uppity.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2022
  • There were some in the UK, and even on this side of the pond, who wanted the queen to assert her authority and slap down her presumptuous grandson and his uppity wife.
    Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2020
Adjective
  • In the comments, many readers agreed that the boyfriend's sister is being presumptuous and unreasonable by asking the couple to put their plans on hold for her wedding.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Maybe some person will be presumptuous enough to wonder aloud what might have influenced the plot of this book.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Remember the times when United, with all their haughty ambitions, used to look down on the clunky Thursday-Sunday routine of Europe’s second-tier competition?
    Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • Widowed twice, Etheldreda is left to care for her own two children, her haughty stepdaughter, and a peregrine falcon.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 May 2025
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“Fastuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fastuous. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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