Associations to the word «Pompous»
Noun
- Ass
- Ridicule
- Solemnity
- Magnificence
- Pretension
- Fat
- Stiff
- Brilliant
- Jerk
- Epitaph
- Epithet
- Whisker
- Procession
- Dignity
- Twitch
- Vanity
- Waistcoat
- Bastard
- Idiot
- Overly
- Nativity
- Clown
- Splendor
- Satire
- Persona
- Headmaster
- Amelia
- Manner
- Fool
- Aristocrat
- Parody
- Rhetoric
- Defiance
- Self
- Speech
- Wig
- Mirth
- Phrase
- Attire
- Minerva
- Grandeur
- Formality
- Simplicity
- Funeral
- Dislike
- Howell
- Gentleman
- Grave
- Ode
- Amusement
- Thick
- Admiration
- Warlord
Adjective
Adverb
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Wiktionary
POMPOUS, adjective. Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
Dictionary definition
POMPOUS, adjective. Puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek.
POMPOUS, adjective. Characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.