pomposity

Meaning

The quality of being pompous; self-importance.

Synonyms

bombast
ostentation
arrogance
C2
pretentiousness
pompousness
ostentatiousness
haughtiness
self-sufficiency
high falutin
splashiness
inflation
C2
grandiloquence
pretension
puffiness
presumption
27k
pretense
23k
rant
23k
show
A1
showing off
snobbery
snootiness
strut
C2
swagger
C2
turgidity
vaunt
tumidness

standing on one’s dignity

rhodomontade
turgidness
balderdash
48k
bluster
44k

conceit

flatulence
31k
flatulency
foppishness
gasconade
gaudiness
grandeur
C2
hauteur

largeness

magniloquence
pomp
25k
Translations

pomposidad
Prunk
boria
pomposità

Wichtigtuerei

fausto
fasto
grandilocuencia
emphase

ampul·lositat

solennité

الأبهة

aparatositat

prosopopea

Aufgeblasenheit

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
pomposite
In summary

From Middle English pomposite (“solemnity”), from Latin pompōsitās.

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