pompous
自大的
definition
adjective
a pompous ass who pretends he knows everything
affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important.
translation of 'pompous'
adjective
自大的,
嘐
example
As if his letters were not a true indicator of his 'pompous' attitude, Donovan in person was pretentious and rude.
He is arrogant, 'pompous' , never misses a chance to show off his superiority, and drinks to excess.
Lord Irvine has always been portrayed as a 'pompous' and arrogant.
Aristotle's critics have pounced upon this sentence as an example of 'pompous' obscurantism.
He'll have to swallow that 'pompous' , condescending smile of his once he sees my marks.
Walton is splendidly 'pompous' and circumstantial when extolling the Babylonian gods.
Fifth, the remedy cannot be 'pompous' pontification or moral policing.
I don't think anyone could read this behaviour in any other way than being 'pompous' and patronising.
I was 'pompous' , arrogant and so full of my self that I thought that I could do anything.
I've just deleted a very long and somewhat 'pompous' sociology essay that you probably wouldn't have been able to bear reading all the way through.
There was rarely anything vicious about these jokes: they were leg pulling jokes which only the sensitive and 'pompous' found annoying.
They look a little deeper into the matter without being 'pompous' , arrogant or patronising.
But saying something on a grand scale is what fools or 'pompous' pundits usually do.
Still, many Panelists who accepted the usage also remarked that it was pretentious or 'pompous' .
Keith was painted as patronising and 'pompous' , with a grandiose idea of her own importance.
It is here that Nazneen is to spend the rest of her days married to Chanu Babu - a 'pompous' yet discreetly sensitive man twenty years her senior.
You also said that your Dad always taught you that being 'pompous' and self-important was just about the greatest sin of all.
Taking an aristocrat's 'pompous' and often unrealistic pontifications as an ideal for living is clearly not a good thing.
Many of the most 'pompous' and arrogant men I've ever met have been obsessed by upgrading their flight tickets.
The 'pompous' , splendid Library, on the other hand, visually overwhelms its contents.
Amrish Puri stars in one of the tales as a vain and 'pompous' man.
Technical people too often seem distant, effete, imperious, and even 'pompous' .
At the same time he lacked the 'pompousness' and standoffish attitude which is the way of some foreign correspondents.
I am sick of Christianity, Islam and Judaism and have come to terms with letting my born-again 'pompousness' disappear into the grave darkness and embrace some light.
Indeed, the 'pompously' Latin motto of the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland is ‘fiant secundum descriptionem bona’ - let the product accord with its description.
This ridiculous sounding direct translation of a toiletry-product seemed to perfectly sum up the buffoonery and 'pomposity' of the French.
Carlton is bending facts here in an area he often 'pompously' claims first-hand knowledge.
Even several people I know who generally share his world view told me they found his strutting 'pomposity' almost unbearable this year.
The five-day-long 2003 ceremony was in fact a festival in which all the 'pompousness' and luxurious attitude of the ashram was reflected.
What would it take to bring wine back to the stature that it deserves - one where it is included in our everyday lives and given appreciation without 'pomposity' ?
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