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DEFINITIONS:

pom·pous (pmps) adj.

[Middle English, from Old French pompeux, from Late Latin pompsus, from Latin pompa, pomp; see pomp.]

pom·posi·ty (-ps-t), pompous·ness (-ps-ns) n. pompous·ly adv.

1. Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious: pompous officials who enjoy giving orders.

2. Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic: a pompous proclamation.

3. Characterized by pomp or stately display; ceremonious: a pompous occasion.

4. exaggeratedly or ostentatiously dignified or self-important

5. ostentatiously lofty in style a pompous speech

6. Rare characterized by ceremonial pomp or splendour

7. self-important, affected, arrogant, pretentious, bloated, grandiose, imperious, showy, overbearing, ostentatious, puffed up, portentous, magisterial, supercilious, pontifical, vainglorious What a pompous little man he is.

self-important simple, natural, modest, humble, unaffected, unpretentious, self-effacing

8. grandiloquent, high-flown, inflated, windy, overblown, turgid, bombastic, boastful, flatulent, arty-farty (informal), fustian, orotund, magniloquent She winced at his pompous phraseology.
grandiloquent direct, simple, succinct, plain-spoken

Thesaurus
Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

1. pompous – puffed up with vanity; “a grandiloquent and boastful manner”; “overblown oratory”; “a pompous speech”; “pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey”- Newsweek

overblown, grandiloquent, pontifical, portentous

pretentious – making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; “a pretentious country house”; “a pretentious fraud”; “a pretentious scholarly edition”

2. pompous – characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
ceremonious

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The mere fact that you are even asking that question negates any possibility of pompousness. (although I do like ‘arty-farty’).

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