Definition of pompous

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

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Altiloquence :: Altiloquence (n.) Lofty speech; pompous language.
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..
Parade :: Parade (v. t.) Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
Magniloquence :: Magniloquence (n.) The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.
Farce :: Farce (v. t.) To swell out; to render 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..
Magnificent :: Magnificent (a.) Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid' pompous.
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..
Stiltify :: Stilted (a.) Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation..
Pomposity :: Pomposity (n.) The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness.
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..
Consequentially :: Consequentially (adv.) With assumed importance; pompously.
Johnsonian :: Johnsonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
Triumph :: Triumph (n.) Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant..
Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history..
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