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pompous
pompous
/ˈpɑm pəs/
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puffed up with vanity
pompous meaning(s)
- (adj) puffed up with vanity
- (adj) characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
Synonym(s)
pompous usage(s)
- David's pompous father was opposed to his marriage to the foreigner.
- His pompous and pretentious manners made him very unpopular.
- pompously pompously in a pompous manner
- pompousness pompousness /ˈpɑm pəs nəs/ ? lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed…
- ponca ponca a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
- ponce ponce /ˈpoʊn seɪ/ ? a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses
- ponce de leon ponce de leon Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493;…
- poncho poncho /ˈpɑn tʃoʊ/ ? a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head
- poncirus poncirus one species: trifoliate orange
- poncirus trifoliata poncirus trifoliata small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing…
- pond pond /ˈpɑnd/ ? a small lake
- pond apple pond apple small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as…
- pond bald cypress pond bald cypress common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded…
- pond cypress pond cypress smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum
- pond lily pond lily a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the…
- pond pine pond pine large three-needled pine of sandy swamps of southeastern United States; needles…
- pond scum pond scum free-floating freshwater green algae
- pond-apple tree pond-apple tree small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly…
- pond-scum parasite pond-scum parasite an aquatic fungus of genus Synchytriaceae that is parasitic on…
- pond-skater pond-skater long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water
- ponder ponder /ˈpɑn dər/ ? reflect deeply on a subject
- ponderable ponderable /ˈpɑn də rə bl/ ? capable of being weighed or considered
- ponderer ponderer a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
- pondering pondering /ˈpɑn də rɪŋ/ ? deeply or seriously thoughtful
- ponderosa ponderosa /ˌpɑn də ˈroʊ sə/ ? common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North…