Pompous (Adjective)

Meaning ¹

Puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Overblown
• Grandiloquent
• Portentous
• Pontifical

Related Words

• Pompousness (noun)
• Pomp (noun)
• Pomposity (noun)

Meaning ²

Characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display.

Classification

Relational adjectives (pertainyms).

Synonyms

• Ceremonious

Related Words

• Pomp (noun)