pompous
57
5.8
- adjective
- /ˈpɑmpəs/
:
pomposo
- The professor gave a pompous speech filled with complex words that confused the students.
- a pompous speech
- a pompous doctor
- most pompous
And yeah, it was like I thought his attitude was pompous and unlikable.
- And yeah, it was like I thought his attitude was pompous and unlikable.
- I mean, just so pompous and narcissistic.
- And my my inspiration, if I can be pompous enough to call it that.
- And the person that bothers me the most is like the self-righteous, pompous Silicon Valley person.
- And the first couple days he was arrogant, he was pompous.
- But these guys weren't pompous at all.
- Like it was almost like divinely inspired, not to sound totally pompous and self important at this point.
- And there's nothing about Ron Cephas Jones that's pompous.
- She's she's the race envoy or, or it's something very pompous and I hate these people, but go on.
- And I'd got to the point where the change that I'd done, I suppose, again, that sounds slightly pompous, but I'd achieved what I wanted to achieve.
- So I think an art form, if it's growing, continues to show you, and this is really pompous, I'm sorry, but I think it's why television is great now.
- I wish I could write like that, but if I did, it would be edited out as being pompous or or not entirely relevant.
- So he goes on and he says it glories in this pompous talk about what doing what is best for humanity.
Examples
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So she was a little pompous and patronizing, so what?
Fiction book (2001) -
Gage may be pompous, but as a governor, he is not the tyrant Hutchinson was.
Fiction book (2000) -
Sounds like almost a pompous entry of some kind.
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And my my inspiration, if I can be pompous enough to call it that.
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But these guys weren't pompous at all.
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And yeah, it was like I thought his attitude was pompous and unlikable.
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So I think an art form, if it's growing, continues to show you, and this is really pompous, I'm sorry, but I think it's why television is great now.
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I resented the professors for being difficult, boring, pompous, or just not in touch with the real world.
Fiction book (1998) -
English Lord Dolecroft is in command, wearing a hat with a pompous white plume.
Fiction book (1995) -
Their construction of epic is not pompous; they laugh at themselves, like Beckett's characters facing the absurdity of existence.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
260
4.5
Behaving as if you are more important or better than other people
74
7.3
Trying to seem more important or clever than you really are
28
5.7
Exaggerated and showy in style or speech
24
5.4
Thinking you are much better than other people
24
6.6
Seeing yourself as much more important than other people
20
8.2
Acting as if you are better than other people
13
5.8
Acting as if you are better than other people
11
7.7
To show off very expensive things to attract attention
4
8.6
Claiming to be more important or successful than you are
4
6.8
Thinking you are much better or more important than others
3
9.9
Bragging too much about how great you think you are
2
9.8
Too much pride and confidence that makes people dislike you
2
7.1
Showing very formal and polite behavior that follows traditional rules
1
7.2
Thinking you are more important than other people
1
9.9
Using long, fancy words to sound important
1
9.9
Very fancy in a way that shows you think you are better than others
To use very big, showy words to sound important
Showing off and acting more important than others
Acting very serious and proud in a way that annoys others
Thinking you are better than other people
Antonyms
How Pompous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pompous comes from pomp, which goes back to Latin pompa meaning a 'public parade' or 'big show'. So a pompous person acts as if they are in a grand parade—very formal, proud, and showy.