ALL meanings of pompous
pomp·ous
P p - adjective pompous characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official. 1
- adjective pompous ostentatiously lofty or high-flown: a pompous speech. 1
- adjective pompous Archaic. characterized by pomp, or a display of stately splendor or magnificence: an impressive and pompous funeral. 1
- adjective pompous person: self-important 1
- adjective pompous occasion: ceremonious 1
- adjective pompous speech, action: too showy 1
- adjective pompous If you describe someone as pompous, you mean that they behave or speak in a very serious way because they think they are more important than they really are. 0
- adjective pompous A pompous building or ceremony is very grand and elaborate. 0
- adjective pompous exaggeratedly or ostentatiously dignified or self-important 0
- adjective pompous ostentatiously lofty in style 0
- adjective pompous characterized by ceremonial pomp or splendour 0
- adjective pompous full of pomp; stately 0
- adjective pompous characterized by exaggerated stateliness; pretentious, as in speech or manner; self-important 0