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Pompous

//ˈpɒmpəs//

Synonyms for "pompous" (168 found)

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Informal (20)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(7 words)

positive official stuffy flowery highfalutin snotty mouthy

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

elevated high-hat

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, name, slang(2 words)

Adj, name, noun, slang(2 words)

Adj, slang(3 words)

showy gassy cocksure

General use (148)

Adj, verb(24 words)

secure leaden swollen bloated determined cramped inflated stilted forced overwrought overdone labored convoluted overbearing poised conceited overelaborate embroidered overblown glorified

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bedizened ornate condescending convinced

Adj, adv, intj(1 words)

Adj, noun(21 words)

formal awkward tall gaudy conventional confident ritual lumbering flamboyant fustian ceremonial rhetorical regal braggart pontifical orotund narcissistic sesquipedalian Johnsonian exhibitionist

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Adjective(77 words)

lurid fulsome sensational solemn important labyrinthine sonorous magisterial pedantic ponderous unwavering meretricious tortuous arrogant majestic pretentious sententious flashy genteel grandiose

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Adj, noun, verb(7 words)

affected decided vain halting overweening assured flaunting

Adj, name(1 words)

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Adj, adv(1 words)

Adjective(5 words)

portentous grandiloquent pontifical overblown ceremonious

high flown high flying high sounding big-sounding high-flowing guinde

Adj, adv, intj, noun(1 words)

Noun(1 words)

Verb(2 words)

persuaded reassured

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