pompous 音標拼音: [p'ɑmpəs]
a . 傲慢的,自大的,夸大的,豪華的
傲慢的,自大的,誇大的,豪華的
pompous adj 1 :
puffed up with vanity ; "
a grandiloquent and boastful manner "; "
overblown oratory "; "
a pompous speech ";
"
pseudo -
scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey "-
Newsweek [
synonym : {
grandiloquent }, {
overblown }, {
pompous },
{
pontifical }, {
portentous }]
2 :
characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display [
synonym :
{
pompous }, {
ceremonious }]
Pompous \
Pomp "
ous \,
a . [
F .
pompeux ,
L .
pomposus .
See {
Pomp }.]
1 .
Displaying pomp ;
stately ;
showy with grandeur ;
magnificent ;
as ,
a pompous procession .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Ostentatious ;
pretentious ;
boastful ;
vainlorious ;
as ,
pompous manners ;
a pompous style . "
Pompous in high presumption ." --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress .
--
Thackeray .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Pom "
ous *
ly },
adv . -- {
Pomp "
ous *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
147 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pompous ":
Gongoresque ,
Johnsonian ,
Latinate ,
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 ,
grandiloquent ,
grandiose ,
grandisonant ,
guinde ,
halting ,
haughty ,
heavy ,
hieratic ,
high -
flowing ,
high -
flown ,
high -
flying ,
high -
hat ,
high -
sounding ,
highfalutin ,
hoity -
toity ,
hubristic ,
imperious ,
important ,
inflated ,
inkhorn ,
labored ,
labyrinthine ,
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 ,
self -
reliant ,
selfish ,
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
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POMPOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of POMPOUS is having or exhibiting self-importance : arrogant How to use pompous in a sentence
POMPOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary He's a pompous old prig who's totally incapable of taking a joke He can sometimes sound a little pompous when he talks about acting
Pompous Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary POMPOUS meaning: having or showing the attitude of people who speak and behave in a very formal and serious way because they believe that they are better, smarter, or more important than other people
POMPOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you describe someone as pompous, you mean that they behave or speak in a very serious way because they think they are more important than they really are
pompous adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of pompous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
POMPOUS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Pompous definition: characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance See examples of POMPOUS used in a sentence
pompous - WordReference. com Dictionary of English having or showing too much self-importance: He sounded very pompous, but no one was impressed pom•pos•i•ty pɑmˈpɑsɪti pom•pous•ness, n [uncountable]
pompous - Wiktionary, the free dictionary pompous (comparative more pompous, superlative most pompous) Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important quotations
POMPOUS Synonyms: 192 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for POMPOUS: arrogant, cavalier, superior, supercilious, high-and-mighty, pretentious, haughty, bumptious; Antonyms of POMPOUS: humble, modest, lowly, unpretentious, timid, bashful, sheepish, diffident
Pompous - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com A pompous person is arrogant or conceited He'll walk into a party with an inflated ego, ready to tell anyone who will listen that "I'm kind of a big deal "