What is "pompous" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "pompous": puffed up with vanity

Adjective

Pronunciation in US: /ˈpɑmpᵻs/

Pronunciation in UK: /ˈpɒmpəs/

Meaning of "pompous": characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display

Adjective

Pronunciation in US: /ˈpɑmpᵻs/

Pronunciation in UK: /ˈpɒmpəs/

Synonyms:

selfish, overbearing, bombastic, presumptuous, imperious, boastful, pretentious, grandiose, self-important, self-centered, affected, bloated, conceited, flatulent, flaunting, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high and mighty, high-flown, important, inflated, magisterial, magniloquent, narcissistic, orotund, ostentatious, overblown, pontifical, portentous, puffy, rhetorical, showy, sonorous, stuck-up, supercilious, turgid, uppity, vain, vainglorious, windy, highfaluting, puffed up,

Antonyms:

kind, unselfish, unassuming, modest, humble, dull, plain, simple,