pompous (Meaning)
pompous (s)
puffed up with vanity
pompous (a)
characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
Synonyms & Antonyms of pompous
Synonyms:
- high-hat
- chesty
- domineering
- masterful
- dominant
- pretentious
- superior
- huffy
- uppish
- uppity
- supercilious
- presumptuous
- bumptious
- authoritarian
- haughty
- sniffy
- important
- imperious
- high-and-mighty
- hifalutin
- assumptive
- cavalier
- high-handed
- smug
Antonyms:
- unassertive
- unarrogant
- mousy
- passive
- mousy
- unassuming
- demure
- unaggressive
- acquiescent
- mousey
- meek
- overmodest
- deferential
- quiet
- self-critical
- unarrogant
- quiet
- introverted
- demure
- shrinking
- compliant
- compliant
- acquiescent
- deferential
- self-doubting
- self-doubting
- submissive
- passive
- self-critical
- unassertive
- unobtrusive
- introverted
- meek
- unobtrusive
- overmodest
- unassuming
- unaggressive
- shrinking
- submissive
- mousey
Synonyms:
- toploftical
- bossy
- overweening
- self-conceited
- disdainful
- uninhibited
- impudent
- narcissistic
- snooty
- swaggering
- hubristic
- egotistical
- presuming
- braggy
- blusterous
- stiff-necked
- snobby
- snobbish
- vain
- impertinent
- brash
- egocentric
- self-complacent
- proud
- egoistical
- prideful
- toplofty
- pontificating
- bombastic
- cocky
- boastful
- self-centered
- egotistic
- lofty
- magisterial
- saucy
- braggart
- immodest
- condescending
- complacent
- egoistic
- stuck-up
- self-asserting
- self-satisfied
- huffish
- conceited
- vainglorious
- highfalutin
- peremptory
- lordly
- self-assertive
- patronizing
- pontifical
- dominating
- blustery
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, high-hat, chesty, domineering, masterful, dominant, pretentious, superior, huffy, uppish
subdued, lowly, humble, diffident, timid, bashful, timid, modest, sheepish, modest
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.
