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pomp·ous
 pompous
- pronunciation:
- pam
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
showing or inclined to show an exaggerated air of dignity or importance.
The pompous butler looked down his nose at the casually-dressed visitor.His mother is quite unassuming and down-to-earth, but his father is rather pompous.- synonyms:
- arrogant, conceited, egotistical, grandiose, portentous, pretentious, self-important
- antonyms:
- modest
- similar words:
- big, overblown, proud, uppity, vain, vainglorious
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| definition 2: |
marked by showiness or bombast.
- synonyms:
- bombastic, grandiose, orotund, ostentatious, overblown, pretentious, turgid
- antonyms:
- modest
- similar words:
- affected, big, grandiloquent, magniloquent, mannered
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| definition 3: |
characterized by pomp and ceremony.
- synonyms:
- ceremonial, formal, solemn
- similar words:
- commemorative, regal, showy
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| related words: |
arrogant, formal, genteel, grandiose, lofty, majestic, ostentatious, stately, supercilious, superlative |
| derivations: |
pompously (adv.), pompousness (n.) |
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