pompous, adj.
freq. cnt. 2
freq. cnt. 2
puffed up with vanity
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
grandiloquent overblown pompous pontifical portentous
sample sentences
"a grandiloquent and boastful manner""overblown oratory"
"a pompous speech"
"pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
<adj.pert>
ceremonious pompous