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1. (adj.) pompous
characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance.
2. pompous
ostentatiously lofty or high-flown:
a pompous speech.
3. pompous
characterized by pomp or stately splendor.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < LL pompōsus)
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1. (adj) grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
puffed up with vanity
"a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
2. (adj) pompous, ceremonious
characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
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1. (adj) pompous
displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession
2. (adj) pompous
ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style
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Sense: too grand in manner or speech
The headmaster is inclined to be a bit pompous.
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 Afrikaans: verwaand |
 Arabic: أبَّهي، دالٌّ على أبَّهَه |
 Bulgarian: великолепен |
 Brazilian: pomposo |
 Czech: pompézní |
 German: pompös |
 Danish: opblæst; bombastisk |
 Greek: πομπώδης, στομφώδης |
 Spanish: pomposo |
 Estonian: ülespuhutud |
 Farsi: فخر فروشانه |
 Finnish: mahtipontinen |
 French: pompeux |
 Hebrew: מְנוּפָח |
 Hindi: शानदार |
 Croatian: sjajan, raskošan |
 Hungarian: nagyképű |
 Indonesian: sombong |
 Icelandic: merkilegur með sig |
 Italian: pomposo |
 Japanese: 尊大な |
 Korean: 거만한 |
 Lithuanian: pasipūtęs, pompastiškas |
 Latvian: pompozs; (ārišķīgi) krāšņ |
 Malay: bongkak |
 Dutch: pompeus |
 Norwegian: pompøs, hoven, svulstig |
 Polish: pompatyczny |
 Persian: مغرور |
 Pashto: مغرور |
 Portuguese: pomposo |
 Romanian: pompos; afectat |
 Russian: помпезный |
 Slovak: okázalý |
 Slovenian: pompozen |
 Serbian: pompezan |
 Swedish: uppblåst, viktig, pompös |
 Thai: ที่โอ้อวด |
 Turkish: kurumlu, görkemli |
 Taiwanese: 自負的，誇大的，華而不實的 |
 Ukrainian: пихатий, помпезний |
 Urdu: شان دار، خود پسند |
 Vietnamese: long trọng |
 Chinese: 自负的，夸大的，华而不实的 |
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