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pompous meaning and definition
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Definition of pompous (adjective)
- puffed up with vanity
- "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
- synonyms: grandiloquent, overblown, pontifical, portentous
- characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
- synonyms: ceremonious
Source: Princeton University Wordnet