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