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Definitions for Pompous

[1] characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
[2] ostentatiously lofty or high-flown: a pompous speech.
[3] Archaic . characterized by pomp, or a display of stately splendor or magnificence: an impressive and pompous funeral.
[4] exaggeratedly or ostentatiously dignified or self-important
[5] ostentatiously lofty in style a pompous speech
[6] rare characterized by ceremonial pomp or splendour

Words related to Pompous

selfish, overbearing, bombastic, presumptuous, imperious, boastful, pretentious, grandiose, self-important, self-centered, affected, bloated, conceited, flatulent, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, important, inflated

Words nearby Pompous

pompilid, pompom, pompom girl, pompon, pomposity, pompous, pompton lakes, ponape, ponca, ponca city, ponce

Origin of Pompous

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English word from Late Latin word pompōsus. See pomp, -ous

Other words from Pompous

pomp·ous·ly , adverb
un·pomp·ous , adjective
un·pomp·ous·ly , adverb
un·pomp·ous·ness , noun

Synonyms for Pompous

boastful, bombastic, grandiose, imperious, overbearing, presumptuous, pretentious, self-centered, self-important, selfish, affected, bloated, conceited, flatulent, flaunting, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high and mighty, high-flown, highfaluting, important, inflated, magisterial, magniloquent, narcissistic, orotund, ostentatious, overblown, pontifical, portentous, puffed up, puffy, rhetorical, showy, sonorous, stuck-up, supercilious, turgid, uppity, vain, vainglorious, windy