Definition of pompous

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Pompous (a.) Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style..

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Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
Spout :: Spout (v. t.) To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
Bloated :: Bloated (p. a.) Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous..
Consequential :: Consequential (a.) Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4..
Johnsonian :: Johnsonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
Farce :: Farce (v. t.) To swell out; to render pompous.
Spout :: Spout (v. i.) To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..
Harangue :: Harangue (n.) A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting..
Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking..
Triumph :: Triumph (n.) Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant..
Showiness :: Showiness (n.) The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.
Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history..
Owlism :: Owlism (n.) Affected wisdom; pompous dullness.
Chaperon :: Chaperon (n.) A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
Prance :: Prance (v. i.) To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade..
Stime :: Stilty (a.) Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style..
Pompous :: Pompous (a.) Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style..
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of..
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