pompous
1Pompous — 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 …
2pompous — (adj.) late 14c., characterized by exaggerated self importance, from O.Fr. pompeux, from L.L. pomposus stately, pompous, from L. pompa pomp (see POMP (Cf. pomp)). More literal, but less common, meaning characterized by pomp is attested from early …
3pompous — index dictatorial, flatulent, formal, fustian, grandiose, inflated (bombastic), inflated (vain) …
4pompous — [adj] arrogant, egotistic affected, bloated, boastful, bombastic, conceited, flatulent, flaunting, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, grandiose, high and mighty*, highfaluting*, high flown*, imperious, important, inflated, magisterial, magniloquent …
5pompous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ affectedly grand, solemn, or self important. DERIVATIVES pomposity noun pompously adverb …
6pompous — [päm′pəs] adj. [ME < MFr pompeus < LL pomposus < L pompa: see POMP] 1. Archaic full of pomp; stately 2. characterized by exaggerated stateliness; pretentious, as in speech or manner; self important pompously adv. pompousness n …
7pompous — [[t]pɒ̱mpəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as pompous, you mean that they behave or speak in a very serious way because they think they are more important than they really are. He was somewhat pompous and had a high… …
8pompous — 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… …
9pompous — adjective Date: 15th century 1. excessively elevated or ornate < pompous rhetoric > 2. having or exhibiting self importance ; arrogant < a pompous politician > 3. relating to or suggestive of pomp ; magnificent • pompously …
10pompous — pompously, adv. /pom peuhs/, adj. 1. characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official. 2. ostentatiously lofty or high flown: a pompous speech. 3. characterized by pomp, stately splendor, or magnificence …
