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Pompous

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Adjective

1. grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous

puffed up with vanity

Example Sentences:
'a grandiloquent and boastful manner'
'overblown oratory'
'a pompous speech'
'pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey'

2. ceremonious, pompous

characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pompous

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adjective
1. 
exaggeratedly or ostentatiously dignified or self-important
2. 
ostentatiously lofty in style
a pompous speech
3. rare
characterized by ceremonial pomp or splendour

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Pompous

see synonyms of pompous
adjective
1.  Archaic
full of pomp; stately
2. 
characterized by exaggerated stateliness; pretentious, as in speech or manner; self-important

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pompous

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adj.
1. Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious: pompous officials who enjoy giving orders.
2. Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic: a pompous proclamation.
3. Archaic Characterized by pomp or stately display: a pompous occasion.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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