pompousness

  • 91flatulence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. windiness, belching, eructation, gassiness, gas; conceit, pompousness. See ostentation, vapor. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pomposity, bombast, empty talk, boasting, twaddle, babble, idle words, mere words …

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  • 92pomposity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Pretension] Syn. presumption, conceit, overconfidence; see arrogance . 2. [Grandiloquence] Syn. balderdash, pretension, bombast; see nonsense 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Boastful self importance or display:… …

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  • 93pretension — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A claim] Syn. assertion, demand, declaration; see claim . 2. [A pretense] Syn. allegation, pretext, maintenance; see ostentation 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A professed rather than a real reason: pretense, pretext …

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  • 94grandioseness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Boastful self importance or display: grandiosity, ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretension, pretentiousness. See PLAIN …

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  • 95grandiosity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something meriting the highest praise or regard: glory, grandeur, grandness, greatness, majesty, splendor. See PRAISE. 2. Boastful self importance or display: grandioseness, ostentation, pomposity, pompousness,… …

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  • 96pretentiousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Boastful self importance or display: grandioseness, grandiosity, ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretension. See PLAIN …

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  • 97pompous — pom|pous [ˈpɔmpəs US ˈpa:m ] adj someone who is pompous thinks that they are important, and shows this by being very formal and using long words used to show disapproval ▪ He seems rather pompous. ▪ the book s pompous style >pompously adv… …

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  • 98boastfulness — n. arrogance, haughtiness, pompousness …

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  • 99flatulencies — n. accumulation of gas in the stomach; pompousness, emptiness, inflatedness …

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  • 100flatulency — n. accumulation of gas in the stomach; pompousness, emptiness, inflatedness …

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