Definition of pompous

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

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Stride :: Stride (v. t.) To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner..
Triumph :: Triumph (n.) Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant..
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..
Farce :: Farce (v. t.) To swell out; to render pompous.
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
Consequentially :: Consequentially (adv.) With assumed importance; pompously.
Showiness :: Showiness (n.) The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..
Emblazon :: Emblazon (v. t.) To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of..
Swagger :: Swagger (v. i.) To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner..
Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking..
Johnsonian :: Johnsonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
Spout :: Spout (v. i.) To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner..
Strut :: Strut (n.) The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
High-sounding :: High-sounding (a.) Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles..
Stime :: Stilty (a.) Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style..
Chaperon :: Chaperon (n.) A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
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