Definition of pompous

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

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Emblazon :: Emblazon (v. t.) To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.
Strut :: Strut (n.) The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
Spout :: Spout (v. i.) To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner..
Magniloquence :: Magniloquence (n.) The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.
Prance :: Prance (v. i.) To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade..
Triumph :: Triumph (n.) Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant..
Stride :: Stride (v. t.) To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..
Stime :: Stilty (a.) Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..
Showiness :: Showiness (n.) The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.
Parade :: Parade (v. t.) Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.
Owlism :: Owlism (n.) Affected wisdom; pompous dullness.
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..
Splendid :: Splendid (a.) Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant..
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Pompatic :: Pompatic (a.) Pompous.
Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
High-sounding :: High-sounding (a.) Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles..
Chaperon :: Chaperon (n.) A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
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