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pompous
adjective
(pomp-ous)
puffed up with vanity
Synonyms:
grandiloquent
,
overblown
,
pontifical
,
portentous
,
Examples:
A pompous speech.
pompous
adjective
(pomp-ous)
characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
Synonyms:
ceremonious
,
Words Related to
pompous
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pretentious
,
grandiloquent
,
portentous
,
pontifical
,
overblown
,
bombastic
,
grandiose
,
turgid
,
stodgy
,
lofty
,
grand
,
emphatic
,
high-flown
,
high-minded
,
high-sounding
,
arrogant
,
egotistical
,
sanctimonious
,
haughty
,
smug
,
snooty
,
conceited
,
smarmy
,
snobbish
,
supercilious
,
pedantic
,
humorless
,
priggish
,
fatuous
,
vainglorious
,
obnoxious
,
snobby
,
effete
,
egocentric
,
officious
,
snotty
,
whiny
,
boorish
,
highfalutin
,
vacuous
,
insufferable
,
vapid
,
narcissistic
,
hubristic
,
toplofty
,
unpompous
,
glib
,
obsequious
,
lexiphanicism
,
foppish
,
prissy
,
condescending
,
smirky
,
weaselly
,
bumptious
,
droll
,
buffoonish
,
unctuous
,
altiloquent
,
lexiphanic
,
sycophantic
,
orotund
,
erudite
,
rebarbative
,
obtuse
,
philistine
,
brusk
,
censorious
,
dopey
,
oafish
,
sarcastic
,
uncouth
,
sniffy
,
crass
,
florid
,
platitudinous
,
waspish
,
crotchety
,
thickheaded
,
snide
,
egoistical
,
doltish
,
disdainful
,
epicene
,
contemptuous
,
dunderheaded
,
cretinous
,
prolix
,
sententious
,
curmudgeonly
,
dyspeptic
,
lugubrious
,
irascible
,
jocular
,
foulmouthed
,
dotty
,
overbearing
,
mendacious
,
charmless
,
blustering
,
pompous
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