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
Pictures for the word «Pompous»
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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.