pompous
AdjectiveUS[pom-puhs]/ˈpɑmpəs/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- puffed up with vanity“a grandiloquent and boastful manner”“overblown oratory”“a pompous speech”“pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey — Newsweek”Synonyms: grandiloquentoverblownpontificalportentousOpposite unpretentiousSimilar pretentious
- characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately displaySynonyms: ceremoniousRelating to ceremony
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pomp′ous adjective
Origin: F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp.
1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainglorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. “Pompous in high presumption.” Geoffrey Chaucer
he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress.— William M. Thackeray
— Pom′wb-a1′>′ous·ly, adverb — Pomp′wb-a1′>′ous·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54