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| bloviate |
to speak or write in a pompous and long-winded manner, often with little substance. |
| bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
| consequential |
pompous; self-important. [1/3 definitions] |
| flatulent |
pretentiously self-important; pompous. [1/3 definitions] |
| fustian |
tending to use pompous language; bombastic. [1/5 definitions] |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| grandiose |
pretentious, pompous, or excessively grand. [1/2 definitions] |
| harangue |
a long, vehement, and often pompous speech or piece of writing, esp. such a speech delivered in public; tirade. [1/4 definitions] |
| highfalutin |
(informal) ostentatious or pompous; high-flown. |
| hoity-toity |
affecting superiority; self-important, pompous, or haughty. [1/3 definitions] |
| magniloquent |
pompous, grandiose, or overblown in speech or expression. |
| orate |
to speak in a formal or pompous manner. |
| oration |
an unnecessarily formal or pompous speech. [1/2 definitions] |
| panjandrum |
a pompous or pretentious official. |
| philosophize |
to speculate in a superficial, pompous, or moralistic manner. [1/2 definitions] |
| pomposity |
the state of being pompous. [2 definitions] |
| portentous |
marked by an excessive display of importance; pompous. [1/3 definitions] |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. [1/3 definitions] |
| stilted |
artificially or stiffly formal; pompous; affected. |
| stuffed shirt |
(informal) a smug, pompous, self-satisfied, or inflexible person. |
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