| 单词 | pompous |
| 释义 | pompous (once / 1218 pages) adj A pompous person is arrogant or conceited. He'll walk into a party with an inflated ego, ready to tell anyone who will listen that "I'm kind of a big deal." Today we associate the adjective pompous with self-important jerks. But it's actually derived from the Old French pompeux, which meant “stately." And that's why you can also use pompous to describe something with a lot of ceremonial or stately display — in other words, something surrounded by "pomp and circumstance." WORD FAMILYpompous: pomposity, pompously, pompousness, unpompous+/pomp: pompous, pomps/pomposity: pomposities USAGE EXAMPLESHe’s pompous and charming and hedonistic and empathetic all at once - but glaringly disconnected from the people he writes about and for. Washington Times(Dec 06, 2016) Hollywood teems with pompous self-appointed kings ruling their fiefs as they see fit. New York Times(Nov 22, 2016) This may sound pompous, but it happens to be the truth. The Guardian(Nov 05, 2016) 1adj puffed up with vanity a pompous speech Syn grandiloquent, overblown, pontifical, portentous pretentious making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction 2adj characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display Syn ceremonious |
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