pompousness
11ostentation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Pretentious display Nouns 1. ostentation, ostentatiousness, display, show, flourish, parade; pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, glitter, strut; bombast, pomposity (see boasting); tinsel,… …
12ostentatiousness — noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity • Syn: ↑ostentation, ↑pomposity, ↑pompousness, ↑pretentiousness, ↑puffiness, ↑splashiness, ↑inflation • Der …
13pomposity — noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity • Syn: ↑ostentation, ↑ostentatiousness, ↑pompousness, ↑pretentiousness, ↑puffiness, ↑splashiness, ↑inflation • …
14pretentiousness — noun 1. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity • Syn: ↑ostentation, ↑ostentatiousness, ↑pomposity, ↑pompousness, ↑puffiness, ↑splashiness, ↑inflation …
15puffiness — noun 1. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity • Syn: ↑ostentation, ↑ostentatiousness, ↑pomposity, ↑pompousness, ↑pretentiousness, ↑splashiness, ↑inflation …
16splashiness — noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity • Syn: ↑ostentation, ↑ostentatiousness, ↑pomposity, ↑pompousness, ↑pretentiousness, ↑puffiness, ↑inflation • …
17Ostentation — Os ten*ta tion, n. [L. ostentatio: cf. F. ostentation.] 1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; usually in a detractive sense. Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
18Pomposities — Pomposity Pom*pos i*ty, n.; pl. {Pomposities}. The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] …
19Pomposity — Pom*pos i*ty, n.; pl. {Pomposities}. The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] …
20Showiness — Show i*ness, n. The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation. [1913 Webster] …
