About The Word Pomposity

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Pomposity to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Pomposity definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Pomposity

Pomposity Meaning & Definition
Pomposity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pomposity?

[n] lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pomposity: inflation | ostentation | ostentatiousness | pompousness | pretentiousness | splashiness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pomposity: affectation | arrogance | assurance | assuredness | Barnumism | bedizenment | belief | big talk | buckram | ceremonial | ceremoniousness | ceremony | certitude | cocksureness | confidence | confidentness | conviction | convolution | courage | dignity | extrinsicality | faith | flashiness | flatulence | flatulency | form | formality | formalization | fulsomeness | garishness | gaudiness | grandiloquence | grandioseness | grandiosity | gravity | high-flown diction | hubris | impersonality | inflatedness | inflation | lexiphanicism | loftiness | luridness | magniloquence | mere rhetoric | meretriciousness | orotundity | ostentation | ostentatious complexity | overconfidence | oversureness | overweening | overweeningness | platitudinous ponderosity | poise | polysyllabic profundity | pomp | pompous prolixity | pompousness | pontificality | pontification | positiveness | pretension | pretentiousness | pride | primness | prose run mad | rhetoric | rhetoricalness | rigidness | ritual | rituality | security | self-assurance | self-confidence | self-importance | self-reliance | sensationalism | sententiousness | settled belief | showiness | solemnity | starchiness | stiffness | stiltedness | stuffiness | stylization | subjective certainty | sureness | surety | swelling utterance | swollen phrase | swollenness | tall talk | tortuosity | tortuousness | trust | tumidity | tumidness | turgescence | turgidity | weight

See Also | inelegance

Pomposity In Webster's Dictionary

\Pom*pos"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Pomposities}. The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness. --Thackeray.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Ending ‐ the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"…
  • Amoxicillin ‐ an antibiotic (a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil…
  • Legitimatize ‐ make legal; "Marijuana should be…
  • Lock up ‐ place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone…
  • Bumble ‐ speak haltingly [v] walk unsteadily [v] make a mess of, destroy…
  • Perca flavescens ‐ North…
  • Chlamys ‐ a short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder; worn by men…
  • Capital of laos ‐ the capital and largest…
  • Genus chaetodon ‐ type genus of the…
  • Noncompliant ‐ a person who refuses to comply [adj] boldly resisting authority…
Crossword Dictionary