pompous
pomposo
definition
adjective
a pompous ass who pretends he knows everything
affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important.
translation of 'pompous'
adjective
enflautado,
presumido,
pomposo,
estirado
example
I don't think anyone could read this behaviour in any other way than being 'pompous' and patronising.
Keith was painted as patronising and 'pompous' , with a grandiose idea of her own importance.
There was rarely anything vicious about these jokes: they were leg pulling jokes which only the sensitive and 'pompous' found annoying.
He is arrogant, 'pompous' , never misses a chance to show off his superiority, and drinks to excess.
Taking an aristocrat's 'pompous' and often unrealistic pontifications as an ideal for living is clearly not a good thing.
Still, many Panelists who accepted the usage also remarked that it was pretentious or 'pompous' .
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.
Aristotle's critics have pounced upon this sentence as an example of 'pompous' obscurantism.
Many of the most 'pompous' and arrogant men I've ever met have been obsessed by upgrading their flight tickets.
They look a little deeper into the matter without being 'pompous' , arrogant or patronising.
Walton is splendidly 'pompous' and circumstantial when extolling the Babylonian gods.
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.
He'll have to swallow that 'pompous' , condescending smile of his once he sees my marks.
Technical people too often seem distant, effete, imperious, and even 'pompous' .
Fifth, the remedy cannot be 'pompous' pontification or moral policing.
You also said that your Dad always taught you that being 'pompous' and self-important was just about the greatest sin of all.
As if his letters were not a true indicator of his 'pompous' attitude, Donovan in person was pretentious and rude.
Lord Irvine has always been portrayed as a 'pompous' and arrogant.
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.
I was 'pompous' , arrogant and so full of my self that I thought that I could do anything.
But saying something on a grand scale is what fools or 'pompous' pundits usually do.
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.
I remember meeting Quinn at lunch years ago and enjoying her company and telling her - all too 'pompously' I am afraid - that the reason why she was having such a big success over here and so much fun was that she didn't take any of it or us seriously.
Those close to him say his 'pompousness' may be a means to combat shyness.
He lectures them 'pompously' about the past grandeurs of Bangladesh, India and Muslims, but Shahana resists the dictates of the past, moving into her own as a daughter of both East and West.
This ridiculous sounding direct translation of a toiletry-product seemed to perfectly sum up the buffoonery and 'pomposity' of the French.
Even several people I know who generally share his world view told me they found his strutting 'pomposity' almost unbearable this year.
There is a story in your family in which a local squire once reminded your grandfather rather 'pompously' that ‘I came over with the Normans.’
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