pompous 音标拼音: [p'ɑmpəs]
a . 傲慢的,自大的,夸大的,豪华的
傲慢的,自大的,夸大的,豪华的
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 Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com POMPOUS definition: characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance See examples of pompous used in a sentence
POMPOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary POMPOUS definition: 1 too serious and full of importance: 2 too serious and full of importance: 3 feeling or… Learn more
POMPOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary 3 meanings: 1 exaggeratedly or ostentatiously dignified or self-important 2 ostentatiously lofty in style 3 rare Click for more definitions
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 and meaning - Wordnik A pompous procession gives dignity to a person thus welcomed to a city; a pompous deportment or manner of speech arises from the feeling of one's own importance and the effort to seem what one thinks himself to be Pompous is used in a good sense now only when applied to public ceremonies or celebrations or the ways of courts
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 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary pompous English Etymology From Middle English pompous, from Old French pompeux, pompos, from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “to send”), equivalent to pomp + -ous Doublet of pomposo
Pompous Definition Meaning | YourDictionary Pompous definition: Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious
Pompous - definition of pompous by The Free Dictionary Define pompous pompous synonyms, pompous pronunciation, pompous translation, English dictionary definition of pompous adj 1 Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious: pompous officials who enjoy giving orders 2 Full of high-sounding