Definition of pompous

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Pompous (a.) Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession..

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Johnsonian :: Johnsonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
Consequentially :: Consequentially (adv.) With assumed importance; pompously.
Pompous :: Pompous (a.) Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession..
Altiloquent :: Altiloquent (a.) High-sounding; pompous in speech.
Strut :: Strut (n.) The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
Magnificent :: Magnificent (a.) Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid' pompous.
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
Spout :: Spout (v. i.) To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..
Stride :: Stride (v. t.) To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner..
Farce :: Farce (v. t.) To swell out; to render pompous.
Bloated :: Bloated (p. a.) Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous..
Johnsonese :: "Johnsonese (n.) The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words..
Altiloquence :: Altiloquence (n.) Lofty speech; pompous language.
Emblazon :: Emblazon (v. t.) To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.
Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history..
Stime :: Stilty (a.) Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style..
Showily :: Showily (adv.) In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.
Owlism :: Owlism (n.) Affected wisdom; pompous dullness.
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