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