blimpish
Pompously traditional in views
Blimpish describes attitudes that are pompously conservative, nationalistic, and resistant to social change—the stereotypical views of retired military officers or crusty establishment figures.
The word comes from Colonel Blimp, a cartoon character created by David Low in the 1930s to satirize reactionary British attitudes: His blimpish pronouncements on immigration embarrassed his children.
Cautious about altering customs
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- traditionalistAdherent to established customs
- ToryBritish right-wing partisan
- hideboundRigidly adhering to tradition
die-hard · fuddy-duddy · fogeyish · backward-looking · stick-in-the-mud · jingoistic · nationalistic · imperialist
Exaggerating one's own significance
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- blusteringSpeaking with noisy aggression
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- pontificatingSpeaking pompously at length
opinionated · puffed-up · patronizing · condescending · supercilious · high-and-mighty · snobbish · imperious
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- inflexibleUnable to bend
immovable · closed-minded · dogmatic · rigid · uncompromising · mulish · stubborn · obstinate
Stale from disuse
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- outdatedNo longer in use
- behind-the-timesOut of step culturally
- VictorianOf a prim era
Edwardian · outmoded · passé · anachronistic · dated · quaint · old-world · musty
conservative
Cautious about altering customs
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- traditionalistAdherent to established customs
- ToryBritish right-wing partisan
hidebound · die-hard · fuddy-duddy · fogeyish · backward-looking · stick-in-the-mud · jingoistic · nationalistic · imperialist · chauvinist
self-important
Exaggerating one's own significance
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- blusteringSpeaking with noisy aggression
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
pontificating · opinionated · puffed-up · patronizing · condescending · supercilious · high-and-mighty · snobbish · imperious · grandstanding
pigheaded
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- unbendingRefusing to change position
inflexible · immovable · closed-minded · dogmatic · rigid · uncompromising · mulish · stubborn · obstinate · unyielding
fusty
Stale from disuse
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- outdatedNo longer in use
- behind-the-timesOut of step culturally
Victorian · Edwardian · outmoded · passé · anachronistic · dated · quaint · old-world · musty · stodgy
blimpishliberal
Open to reform
progressive · radical · left-wing · reformist · socialist
blimpishopen-minded
Receptive to different ideas
broad-minded · progressive · tolerant · receptive · cosmopolitan
blimpishhumble
Unassuming about oneself
unpretentious · egalitarian · easygoing · laid-back · flexible