Pompous Definition & Meaning
pompous
- adjective
- puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
- characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
"Pompous" in song lyrics
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"Hog haters need to stop actin' pompous"
Apathy & Celph Titled f/ J-Zone — Nut Reception -
"Wanted to conquer the competent, never be pompous"
Bizzy Bone — We Come Right Away -
"They wanted the confident, competent never be pompous"
Bizzy Bone — When I See
Words that rhyme with pompous
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- What does pompous mean?
- puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
- What part of speech is pompous?
- Pompous is an adjective.
- How many definitions does pompous have?
- Pompous has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).