Definition of pompous

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

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Strut :: Strut (n.) The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
Showily :: Showily (adv.) In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.
Farce :: Farce (v. t.) To swell out; to render pompous.
Spout :: Spout (v. i.) To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner..
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of..
Declaim :: Declaim (v. i.) To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant..
Pompous :: Pompous (a.) Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession..
Pompous :: Pompous (a.) Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style..
Owlism :: Owlism (n.) Affected wisdom; pompous dullness.
Splendid :: Splendid (a.) Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant..
Altiloquence :: Altiloquence (n.) Lofty speech; pompous language.
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..
Emblazon :: Emblazon (v. t.) To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.
Parade :: Parade (v. t.) Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.
Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history..
Stime :: Stilty (a.) Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style..
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
Showiness :: Showiness (n.) The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.
Magniloquence :: Magniloquence (n.) The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.
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