adjective · exaggeratedly or ostentatiously dignified or self-important · ostentatiously lofty in style. a pompous speech · rare. characterized by ceremonial pomp ...

pompous · adjective. puffed up with vanity. “a pompous speech”. synonyms: grandiloquent, overblown, pontifical, portentous · pretentious. making claim to or ...

If you describe someone as pompous, you mean that they behave or speak in a very serious way because they think they are more important than they really are.

feeling or showing that you think you are better or more important than other people: I regarded him as somewhat pompous and opinionated.

Definition of pompous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms ...

Adjective. edit. pompous (comparative more pompous, superlative most pompous) ... Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed ...

pompous ... showing that you think you are more important than other people, especially by using long and formal words synonym pretentious a pompous official His ...

pompousadjective & adverb. Factsheet. Etymology. Meaning & use. Pronunciation.

pompous · characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance:a pompous minor official. · ostentatiously lofty or high-flown:a pompous speech.