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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

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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.

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