pseud

pseud [sjuːd]

n

Informal a false, artificial, or pretentious person

adj

another word for pseudo

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pseud - a person who makes deceitful pretenses faker, imposter, impostor, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, pretender, fraud, fake beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true name dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends ringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses

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pseud

noun (Informal) poser (informal), fraud, phoney or phony (informal), trendy (Brit. informal), humbug They should be exposed for the snobs and pseuds they truly are.

Translations

pseud [sjuːd] N (Brit) → farsante mf

pseud [ˈsjuːd] n (British) (intellectually) → pseudo-intello m; (socially) → snob mf

pseud (Brit inf)

n → Möchtegern m (inf); you pseud! → du Angeber(in)!

adj book, film → auf intellektuell gemacht (inf), → gewollt; views, ideas → hochgestochen; décor, pub etc → auf schick gemacht (inf); person → affektiert, pseudointellektuell

pseud [ˈsjuːd] n (fam) (poser) → intellettualoide m/f

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pseud [ˈsjuːd] n (fam) (poser) → intellettualoide m/f