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pompous
Overview of adj pompous
The adj pompous has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous -- (puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek)
2. pompous, ceremonious -- (characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display)
Grep of noun pompous
pompousness
Antonyms of adj pompous
1 of 2 senses of pompous
Sense 1
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
INDIRECT (VIA pretentious) -> unpretentious
Similarity of adj pompous
2 senses of pompous
Sense 1
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
=> pretentious (vs. unpretentious)
Sense 2
pompous, ceremonious
Pertains to noun pomp (Sense 2)
=>pomp, eclat
=> elegance
Pertainyms of adj pompous
1 of 2 senses of pompous
Sense 2
pompous, ceremonious
Pertains to noun pomp (Sense 2)
=>pomp, eclat
=> elegance
Attributes of adj pompous
Domain of adj pompous
Domain Terms of adj pompous
Familiarity of adj pompous
pompous used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj pompous
pompous
unpompous
Grep of adv pompous
pompously
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