Synonyms: spout, carry on, go on, pontificate, harangue, gush, hold forth, rant, bluster. Synonyms for speak pompously from Random House Roget's College ...

in a way that is too serious and shows that you think you are very important: He strode around pompously, telling everyone what to do.

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.

pompously · arrogantly · boastfully · bombastically · conceitedly · disdainfully · egotistically · flamboyantly · gaudily ...

adjective ; 1 · excessively elevated or ornate ; 2 · having or exhibiting self-importance : arrogant ; 3 · relating to or suggestive of pomp or splendor : magnificent.

They hope that by speaking in this way people will be overawed and reluctant to challenge them.

A pompous person is arrogant or conceited. He'll walk into a party with an inflated ego, ready to tell anyone who will listen that "I'm kind of a big deal."

'speak pompously' is the definition. (to orate is to give a speech) This is the entire clue. (Other definitions for orate that ...

What is another word for pompously? ; standoffishly · prudishly ; pigheadedly · thoughtlessly ; highly · pushfully ; unabashedly · primly ; apostolically · summarily. In a pompous manner · Adverb for having an...