Pompous
WordNet
adjective
(1) Puffed up with vanity
"A grandiloquent and boastful manner"
"Overblown oratory"
"A pompous speech"
"Pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
(2) Characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
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Etymology
From < < < < < .
Synonyms
- affected
- conceited
- pretentious
- smug
- See also Wikisaurus:arrogant