It's much too pompous for such a trivial thing.
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Pompous
//ˈpɒmpəs//
Synonyms for "pompous" (185 found)
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Related words (92)
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Adjective(3 words)
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3 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σοβαρός adj (affectedly grand)
Bulgarian
2 entries- важен adj (affectedly grand)
- надут adj (affectedly grand)
Catalan
1 entries- pompós adj (affectedly grand)
Czech
1 entries- pompézní adj (affectedly grand)
Danish
2 entries- højrøvet adj (affectedly grand)
- pompøs adj (affectedly grand)
Dutch
1 entries- pompeus adj (affectedly grand)
Esperanto
1 entries- pompa adj (affectedly grand)
Finnish
2 entries- mahtipontinen adj (affectedly grand)
- suurellinen adj (affectedly grand)
French
2 entries- emphatique adj (affectedly grand)
- pompeux adj (affectedly grand)
Galician
1 entries- pomposo adj (affectedly grand)
Georgian
1 entries- პომპეზური adj (affectedly grand)
German
2 entries- pompös adj (affectedly grand)
- schwülstig adj (affectedly grand)
Hungarian
1 entries- fellengzős adj (affectedly grand)
Irish
1 entries- mórchúiseach adj (affectedly grand)
Italian
1 entries- pomposo adj (affectedly grand)
Lithuanian
2 entries- pasipūtęs adj (affectedly grand)
- pompastiškas adj (affectedly grand)
Macedonian
3 entries- високо́парен adj (affectedly grand)
- на́дуен adj (affectedly grand)
- по́мпезен adj (affectedly grand)
Māori
2 entries- whakakake adj (affectedly grand)
- whakaī adj (affectedly grand)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- høyttravende adj (affectedly grand)
- pompøs adj (affectedly grand)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- høgttråvande adj (affectedly grand)
- pompøs adj (affectedly grand)
Persian
1 entries- پرشکوه adj (affectedly grand)
Portuguese
1 entries- pomposo adj (affectedly grand)
Romanian
1 entries- pompos adj (affectedly grand)
Russian
3 entries- надутый adj (affectedly grand)
- напы́щенный adj (affectedly grand)
- помпе́зный adj (affectedly grand)
Spanish
4 entries- altisonante adj (affectedly grand)
- altísono adj (affectedly grand)
- campanudo adj (affectedly grand)
- grandilocuente adj (affectedly grand)
Swedish
1 entries- pompös adj (affectedly grand)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
In all her pompous majesty, carried on the shoulders of the entire football team, stood the de facto queen of the school.
Source: tatoeba (698739)
The stylists, in all their pompous, branded majesty, doubted that the girl who had just approached them was fixable: her clothes were greasy, tattered, and devoid of rhinestones and logos.
Source: tatoeba (873924)
Don't be such a pompous ass!
Source: tatoeba (907382)
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