pomposity

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pompousness ostentatiousness inflation puffiness bombast ostentation pretentiousness splashiness pride rhetoric arrogance presumption vanity pomp boasting
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Antonyms

ambiguity humility modesty gibberish impotence dullness
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Hypernyms

inelegance

Derivatives

Pomposities

Examples

We are not actually in charge of life, yet we behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. The ridiculousness of our pomposity and presumption can only result in anger or humor. Billy Childish

I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity. Fiona Shaw

That's what's so great about the Internet. It allows pompous blow-hards to connect with other pompous blow-hards in a vast circle-jerk of pomposity. Bill Maher

She is not destructive - but she does have a particular facility for puncturing pomposity. Jani Allan

I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm sick of that. Billy Corgan

I definitely dislike pomposity and artifice. I hope that I'm not that. Once I write a song, it belongs to the world, and the way people perceive it, it's cool. Daryl Hall

Close letter words and terms

pompon flower Pomponio pompoon pomposo pompous pompous ass