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