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[ pom-puhs ] / ˈpɒm pəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pompous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecharacterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official. ostentatiously lofty or high-flown: a pompous speech. Archaic. characterized by pomp, or a display of stately splendor or magnificence: an impressive and pompous funeral. Origin of pompousFirst recorded in 1325–75; Middle English word from Late Latin word pompōsus.See pomp, -ous SYNONYMS FOR pompous1 pretentious. 2 inflated, turgid, bombastic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR pompous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM pompouspomp·ous·ly, adverbun·pomp·ous, adjectiveun·pomp·ous·ly, adverbun·pomp·ous·ness, nounWords nearby pompouspompilid, pompom, pompom girl, pompon, pomposity, pompous, Pompton Lakes, ’pon, Ponape, Ponca, Ponca City Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pompousThis year, the show has even resurrected Eliot Ness, seen making a pompous speech to reporters about bringing Capone to justice. 'Boardwalk Empire' Left New Jersey and Lost Its Way|Allen Barra|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Is it pompous to wonder why, as a working journalist, Wikipedia affords the other guy that title? The Dangers of Trusting Wikipedia With Your Life|Michael Moynihan|April 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST But he still has the cojones to speak his mind: Thomas Freidman is a ‘pompous ass.’ Ed Koch at 88: New York’s Still-Outspoken Ex-Mayor Holds No Grudges|Lloyd Grove|January 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Man is a Noble Animal,” Browne wrote, “splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. Halloween Read: Thomas Browne’s Eerie Premonition of His Burial|Stefan Beck|October 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It started last Friday when Wolff described Alter in his online Newser column as “the most pompous man in American journalism.” The Greatest Literary Feuds|The Daily Beast|September 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST One can almost hear a eulogist winding himself up to strike his eulogy that comes out sententious, pompous, and full of self. The Journal of a Disappointed Man|Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion The pompous official drew near, and looked over his shoulder at the card. Five Little Peppers at School|Margaret Sidney He has no sentiment beyond a dudish and pompous admiration for himself, and he covets every hen he sees. The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting|Edward A. McIlhenny He is a pompous sham, who wants taking down, said the gilded youth. Darkness and Dawn|Frederic W. Farrar He took up Ward's pompous remarks and made jokes of them, so that that young divine chafed and almost choked over his great meals. The Virginians|William Makepeace Thackeray
British Dictionary definitions for pompous
adjectiveexaggeratedly or ostentatiously dignified or self-important ostentatiously lofty in stylea pompous speech rare characterized by ceremonial pomp or splendour Derived forms of pompouspompously, adverbpompousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pompousselfish, overbearing, bombastic, presumptuous, imperious, boastful, pretentious, grandiose, self-important, self-centered, affected, bloated, conceited, flatulent, flaunting, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high and mighty, high-flown |