- pompousness
- noun see pompous
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pompousness
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pompousness — index pretense (ostentation), rhetoric (insincere language) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Pompousness — Pompous Pomp ous, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See {Pomp}.] 1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. [1913 Webster] 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pompousness — See pomposity. * * * … Universalium
pompousness — noun The quality of being pompous Syn: pomposity … Wiktionary
pompousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Boastful self importance or display: grandioseness, grandiosity, ostentation, pomposity, pretension, pretentiousness. See PLAIN … English dictionary for students
pompousness — pÉ‘mpÉ™snɪs / pÉ’m n. arrogance, conceit; haughtiness, snootiness; pride, pretentiousness … English contemporary dictionary
pompousness — n. 1. Grandeur, magnificence, pageantry, splendor, state, pomp, dignity. 2. Pretension, boastfulness, ostentation, pomposity … New dictionary of synonyms
pompousness — pomp·ous·ness … English syllables
pompousness — noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑ostentation, ↑ostentatiousness, ↑pomposity, ↑pretentiousness, ↑puffiness, ↑splashiness, ↑inflation … Useful english dictionary
ostentation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Pretentious display Nouns 1. ostentation, ostentatiousness, display, show, flourish, parade; pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, glitter, strut; bombast, pomposity (see boasting); tinsel,… … English dictionary for students
