pompous

Signification (Anglais)

Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

Concepts

pompeux

emphatique

arrogant

fanfaron

gandin

pathétique

solennel

vantard

bêcheur

bluffeur

dédaigneux

esbroufeur

freluquet

godelureau

m’as-tu-vu

chochotte

ramenard

arrogante

crâneur

Synonymes

pretentious

haughty

ostentatious

bombastic

arrogant

grandiloquent

grand

portentous

grandiose

turgid

high-flown

pontifical

formal

splendid

high-sounding

conceited

ceremonious

proud

high falutin

highfalutin

highfaluting

flamboyant

flatulent

showy

consequential

gaudy

magnificent

stilted

magniloquent

supercilious

affected

tumid

orotund

overblown

sententious

show

show off

snobby

snooty

solemn

splendor

splurging

stately

strut

sumptuous

swanky

theatrical

twit

uppity

vainglorious

Traductions

pomposo

pomposo

pomposo

πομπώδης

prunkvoll

pompös

inflatus

azamet

borioso

altisonante

pompós

bombastisch

ampolloso

azametli

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɒmpəs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: pompous

In summary

From Middle English pompous, from Old French pompeux, pompos, from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “I send”), equivalent to pomp + -ous. Doublet of pomposo.