pompous (Meaning)
pompous (s)
puffed up with vanity
pompous (a)
characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
Synonyms & Antonyms of pompous
Synonyms:
- assumptive
- cavalier
- imperious
- high-handed
- dominant
- hifalutin
- chesty
- uppish
- superior
- pretentious
- sniffy
- bumptious
- uppity
- haughty
- smug
- high-and-mighty
- important
- high-hat
- masterful
- huffy
- supercilious
- presumptuous
- authoritarian
- domineering
Antonyms:
- quiet
- self-doubting
- submissive
- demure
- overmodest
- deferential
- acquiescent
- unarrogant
- unassuming
- introverted
- unobtrusive
- unassertive
- compliant
- unassuming
- meek
- unarrogant
- introverted
- submissive
- compliant
- self-critical
- unaggressive
- unaggressive
- quiet
- unassertive
- meek
- mousy
- self-doubting
- demure
- overmodest
- mousy
- mousey
- mousey
- acquiescent
- shrinking
- shrinking
- passive
- passive
- deferential
- self-critical
- unobtrusive
Synonyms:
- bossy
- immodest
- bombastic
- saucy
- peremptory
- magisterial
- self-complacent
- snooty
- egotistic
- vain
- self-conceited
- patronizing
- cocky
- self-assertive
- prideful
- snobby
- egocentric
- toploftical
- conceited
- blustery
- proud
- overweening
- boastful
- impertinent
- impudent
- egotistical
- braggart
- vainglorious
- swaggering
- pontificating
- stiff-necked
- egoistic
- presuming
- self-asserting
- lordly
- stuck-up
- self-centered
- toplofty
- complacent
- highfalutin
- condescending
- blusterous
- hubristic
- uninhibited
- dominating
- egoistical
- disdainful
- huffish
- lofty
- snobbish
- brash
- pontifical
- self-satisfied
- narcissistic
- braggy
Antonyms:
pompous Sentence Examples
- The pompous executive strutted around the office, demanding respect from his subordinates.
- The concert pianist played with a pompous flourish, eliciting polite applause from the audience.
- The queen's speech was full of pompous phrases and haughty gestures.
- The politician's pompous promises failed to convince the skeptical voters.
- The pompous general boasted of his military prowess, but his soldiers knew better.
- The art collector's pompous display of wealth only served to make him appear foolish.
- The pompous bishop's sermon droned on, boring his congregation to tears.
- The pompous doctor refused to treat the patient until he had been properly addressed by his title.
- The pompous professor's lectures were so tedious that his students fell asleep in class.
- The pompous wedding ceremony was a ostentatious display of wealth and arrogance.
FAQs About the word pompous
puffed up with vanity, characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
arrogant, assumptive,cavalier, imperious, high-handed, dominant, hifalutin, chesty, uppish, superior
modest, diffident, subdued, timid, unpretentious, sheepish, lowly, humble, subdued, bashful
The pompous executive strutted around the office, demanding respect from his subordinates.
The concert pianist played with a pompous flourish, eliciting polite applause from the audience.
The queen's speech was full of pompous phrases and haughty gestures.
The politician's pompous promises failed to convince the skeptical voters.
