Definition of pompous

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of pompous is as below...

Pompous (a.) Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style..

Lern More About Pompous

Consequential :: Consequential (a.) Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4..
Stride :: Stride (v. t.) To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
Magniloquence :: Magniloquence (n.) The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.
Consequentially :: Consequentially (adv.) With assumed importance; pompously.
Altiloquence :: Altiloquence (n.) Lofty speech; pompous language.
Parade :: Parade (v. t.) Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..
Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking..
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..
Pompatic :: Pompatic (a.) Pompous.
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of..
Showiness :: Showiness (n.) The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.
Harangue :: Harangue (n.) A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting..
Pompous :: Pompous (a.) Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession..
Showily :: Showily (adv.) In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us