POMPOUS

grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous

(adjective) puffed up with vanity; “a grandiloquent and boastful manner”; “overblown oratory”; “a pompous speech”; “pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey”- Newsweek

pompous, ceremonious

(adjective) characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

pompous (comparative more pompous, superlative most pompous)

Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

Synonyms

• conceited

• smug

• See also arrogant

Antonyms

• humble

• modest

• self-effacing

Source: Wiktionary

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Pomp"ous, a. Etym: [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp.]

1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.

2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. "Pompous in high presumption." Chaucer. he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress. Thackeray.

– Pom"ous*ly, adv.

– Pomp"ous*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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