Pompous Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Pompous

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

Pompous

Pompous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pompous? [adj] puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pompous: grandiloquent \| overblown \| pontifical \| portentous \| pretentious Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pompous: affected \| arrogant \| assured \| aureate \| awkward \| bedizened \| big-sounding \| bloated \| boastful \| bombastic \| braggart \| ceremonial \| ceremonious \| cocksure \| conceited \| confident \| conventional \| convinced \| convoluted \| cramped \| cumbrous \| decided \| declamatory \| decorous \| determined \| egotistical \| elephantine \| elevated \| embroidered \| euphuistic \| exhibitionist \| flamboyant \| flaming \| flashy \| flatulent \| flaunting \| flossy \| flowery \| forced \| formal \| fulsome \| fustian \| garish \| gassy \| gaudy \| Gongoresque \| grandiloquent \| grandiose \| grandisonant \| guinde \| halting \| haughty \| heavy \| hieratic \| highfalutin \| high-flowing \| high-flown \| high-flying \| high-hat \| high-sounding \| hoity-toity \| hubristic \| imperious \| important \| inflated \| inkhorn \| Johnsonian \| labored \| labyrinthine \| Latinate \| leaden \| lexiphanic \| liturgic \| lofty \| lumbering \| lurid \| magisterial \| magniloquent \| meretricious \| narcissistic \| ornate \| orotund \| ostentatious \| overbearing \| overblown \| overconfident \| overdone \| overelaborate \| overinvolved \| oversure \| overweening \| overwrought \| pedantic \| persuaded \| poised \| ponderous \| pontifical \| positive \| presumptuous \| pretentious \| proud \| puffy \| reassured \| rhetorical \| ritual \| ritualistic \| sacerdotal \| secure \| self-assured \| self-centered \| self-conceited \| self-confident \| self-important \| selfish \| self-reliant \| sensational \| sensationalistic \| sententious \| sesquipedalian \| showy \| snobbish \| snooty \| snotty \| solemn \| sonorous \| stately \| stiff \| stilted \| stuck-up \| stuffy \| sure \| swollen \| tall \| tortuous \| tumid \| turgid \| unafraid \| undoubting \| unfaltering \| unhesitating \| unwavering \| unwieldy \| uppity \| vain \| vainglorious \| well-mannered \| windy See Also \| Pompous In Webster's Dictionary \Pomp"ous\, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See {Pomp}.] 1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. ``Pompous in high presumption.'' --Chaucer. he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress. --Thackeray. -- {Pom"ously}, adv. -- {Pomp"ousness}, n.

Pompous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pompous?

[adj] puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

See Also |

Pompous In Webster's Dictionary

\Pomp"ous\, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See {Pomp}.]
1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur;
   magnificent; as, a pompous procession.

2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as,
   pompous manners; a pompous style. ``Pompous in high
   presumption.'' --Chaucer.

         he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress.
                                               --Thackeray.
   -- {Pom"ous*ly}, adv. -- {Pomp"ous*ness}, n.

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

Candlemas day ‐ feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple;…
Creepy ‐ causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy…
Queenfish ‐ silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California…
Arabia ‐ a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically…
Titlark ‐ small songbirds…
Elder hand ‐ the card player on the…
Austere ‐ practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something…
Flamboyant tree ‐ tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red…
Oral cancer ‐ malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over…
Shiraz ‐ a city in central southwestern Iran; ruins of ancient Persepolis…