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 excessively elevated or ornate How to use pompous in a sentence
POMPOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary He can sometimes sound a little pompous when he talks about acting Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples acting as if you are 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 Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Pompous definition: characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance See examples of POMPOUS used in a sentence
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 "
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 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary pompous (comparative more pompous, superlative most pompous) Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important
What Does Pompous Mean? - The Word Counter What does the word pompous mean? According to Collins English Dictionary and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the word pompous is an adjective that describes a stately display or rude attitude that implies someone is better than other people, or who is self-important
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 | 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