English adjective: pompous | |||
1. | pompous puffed up with vanity | ||
Samples | A grandiloquent and boastful manner. Overblown oratory. A pompous speech. Pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey. | ||
Synonyms | grandiloquent, overblown, pontifical, portentous | ||
Similar | pretentious | ||
Antonyms | unpretentious | ||
2. | pompous characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display | ||
Synonyms | ceremonious | ||