English dictionary
pompous
adjectivePronunciation
ˈpɒmpəs
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- puffed up with vanity
adjective
- characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
Example sentences
a grandiloquent and boastful manner
overblown oratory
a pompous speech
{'source': 'Newsweek', 'text': 'pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey'}