pompous
11pompous — pom|pous [ pampəs ] adjective someone who is pompous thinks they are very important and speaks or behaves in a very serious and formal way. This word shows you do not like people like this: He s a pompous old windbag who loves the sound of his… …
12pompous — adj. Pompous is used with these nouns: ↑jerk …
13pompous — adjective trying to make people think you are important, especially by using very formal and important sounding words: The principal gave a very pompous speech about the portals of learning . pompously adverb pompousness, pomposity noun (U) …
14pompous — adjective pompous officials Syn: self important, imperious, overbearing, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, sententious, grandiose, affected, pretentious, puffed up, arrogant, vain, haughty, proud, conceited, egotistic, supercilious …
15pompous — UK [ˈpɒmpəs] / US [ˈpɑmpəs] adjective showing disapproval someone who is pompous thinks they are very important and speaks or behaves in a very serious and formal way Derived words: pomposity UK [pɒmˈpɒsətɪ] / US [pɑmˈpɑsətɪ] noun uncountable… …
16pompous — pomp•ous [[t]ˈpɒm pəs[/t]] adj. 1) characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance 2) ostentatiously lofty or high flown: a pompous speech[/ex] 3) characterized by pomp or stately splendor • Etymology: 1325–75; ME < LL… …
17pompous — /ˈpɒmpəs / (say pompuhs) adjective 1. characterised by an ostentatious parade of dignity or importance: a pompous bow. 2. (of language, style, etc.) ostentatiously lofty. 3. characterised by pomp, stately splendour, or magnificence. {Middle… …
18pompous prolixity — index bombast Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
19pompous speech — index rhetoric (insincere language) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
20Pompous — …
