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bougie

bougie

1 9.3
Acting as if you are rich or high class
  • adjective
  • /ˈbuːʒi/
  • Offensive
translation icon : snob
  • The dinner party was filled with bougie decorations and extravagant food.

He wants to do golf trips, like super bougie high end and do GG.

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Examples

  • My first coffee from my new bougie coffee machine smells delicious.

  • And then they also sent me some very bougie skin care, very bougie.

    STEPHANIE TOMS

  • And finally, last but not least, a battle of the bougie and the basic right here.

  • If you want to come along with me on this bougie skin care journey, let us go.

  • Yeah, like this sounds like a bougie family here.

  • Them bougie girls from your school do not count.

    The Hate U Give (2018)

  • Hey, all these bougie people.

    Madea's Family Reunion (2006)

  • It's just one of those extra bougie feel good cleansers.

  • These are some bougie blueberry treats right here.

    Rosanna Pansino

  • So it's safe to say we are now both the bougie twins that have walk in closets.

Synonyms

upper-crusty
vsbougie
  • Offensive
1 9.3

Showing the attitude of a rich person who thinks they are better than others

is slang stressing both pretension and association with wealth
dicty
vsbougie
  • Offensive
9.9

Acting like you are better than other people

is a slang term linking pretension to wealth and upper-class status
la-di-da
vsbougie
  • Informal
9.9

Acting very formal and proud to seem better than others

is slang linking pretentious behavior to wealth and high status
lah-di-dah
vsbougie
  • Offensive
9.9

Acting very fancy to show you are better than others

is slang linking pretentious behavior to wealth and high status
toffy
vsbougie
  • Offensive
9.9

Acting like a rich person to seem important

is a slang term that ties pretension to wealth and class identity
muffy
vsbougie
  • Offensive
9.9

Having a proud, snobbish manner and showing off fashionable tastes

is slang focusing on wealth-linked pretension rather than only fashion
nobby
vsbougie
  • UK
9.9

A person who dresses stylishly to show wealth or high social class

is slang about pretension tied to wealth and status rather than only dress

Antonyms

humble
222 2.8

Not proud and not thinking you are better than others

down-to-earth
42 4.1

A person who is practical and sensible in a friendly, not showy way

Compounds

bougie lifestyle
  • Slang
8.1

A life that shows wealth with expensive clothes, food and travel

How Pretentious

snobbish
  • Offensive
7 5.3
pretentious
  • Offensive
74 7.3
bougie
  • Offensive
1 9.3
aspirational
12 5.3
down-to-earth
42 4.1

Surface Forms

bougie positive

Etymology

Bougie comes from the French word bourgeois which means 'middle class' or people who like nicer, more expensive things. So when someone is called bougie, it means they act like they want to show they have wealth or very fancy taste.