pompous

pom·pous  (pmps)

adj.

1. Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious: pompous officials who enjoy giving orders.

2. Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic: a pompous proclamation.

3. Chracterized by pomp or stately display; ceremonious: a pompous occasion.

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[Middle English, from Old French pompeux, from Late Latin pompsus, from Latin pompa, pomp; see pomp.]

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pom·posi·ty (-ps-t), pompous·ness (-ps-ns) n.

pompous·ly adv.

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pompous

Adjective

1. foolishly dignified or self-important

2. foolishly grand in style: a pompous speech

pomposity n
pompously adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	pompous - puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek overblown, grandiloquent, pontifical, portentous pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
	2.	pompous - characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display ceremonious

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pompous

adjective 1. self-important, affected, arrogant, pretentious, bloated, grandiose, imperious, showy, overbearing, ostentatious, puffed up, portentous, magisterial, supercilious, pontifical, vainglorious << OPPOSITE unpretentious

adjective 2. grandiloquent, high-flown, inflated, windy, overblown, turgid, bombastic, boastful, flatulent, arty-farty (informal) fustian, orotund, magniloquent << OPPOSITE simple

Translations

pompous [ˈpɔmpəs] adj → pomposo; [person] → presumido

pompous [ˈpɔmpəs] adj → pompeux/euse

pompous [ˈpɔmpəs] (pej) adj [person] → aufgeblasen; [piece of writing] → geschwollen

pompous [ˈpɔmpəs] adj → pomposo/a; [person] → pieno/a di boria