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