Definition of pompous

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

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Altiloquence :: Altiloquence (n.) Lofty speech; pompous language.
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..
Spout :: Spout (v. t.) To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
Consequentially :: Consequentially (adv.) With assumed importance; pompously.
Altisonant :: Altisonant (a.) High-sounding; lofty or pompous.
Parade :: Parade (v. t.) Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.
Emblazon :: Emblazon (v. t.) To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..
Chaperon :: Chaperon (n.) A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
Swagger :: Swagger (v. i.) To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner..
Altiloquent :: Altiloquent (a.) High-sounding; pompous in speech.
Pompous :: Pompous (a.) Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession..
Consequential :: Consequential (a.) Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4..
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking..
Splendid :: Splendid (a.) Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant..
Spout :: Spout (v. i.) To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner..
Showily :: Showily (adv.) In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.
Johnsonian :: Johnsonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of..
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