pompousness
1pompousness — index pretense (ostentation), rhetoric (insincere language) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2Pompousness — Pompous Pomp ous, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See {Pomp}.] 1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. [1913 Webster] 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a… …
3pompousness — noun see pompous …
4pompousness — See pomposity. * * * …
5pompousness — noun The quality of being pompous Syn: pomposity …
6pompousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Boastful self importance or display: grandioseness, grandiosity, ostentation, pomposity, pretension, pretentiousness. See PLAIN …
7pompousness — pÉ‘mpÉ™snɪs / pÉ’m n. arrogance, conceit; haughtiness, snootiness; pride, pretentiousness …
8pompousness — n. 1. Grandeur, magnificence, pageantry, splendor, state, pomp, dignity. 2. Pretension, boastfulness, ostentation, pomposity …
9pompousness — pomp·ous·ness …
10pompousness — noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑ostentation, ↑ostentatiousness, ↑pomposity, ↑pretentiousness, ↑puffiness, ↑splashiness, ↑inflation …
