pompous
Pronunciations (4)
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/ˈpɒmpəs/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈpɑmpəs/
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- General-American
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ˈpɒmpəs
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- GB
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ˈpɑmpəs
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- US
Adjective
Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
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But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature.
Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous, and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Samuel did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief.
Adjective
puffed up with vanity
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a grandiloquent and boastful manner
overblown oratory
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a pompous speech
characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
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