pomposity
Grandiose airs displayed
Pomposity is inflated self-importance—the quality of behaving as though you're grander or more significant than you are.
It shows up in speech, manner, and bearing: The professor's pomposity made students reluctant to ask questions.
Unlike confidence, pomposity broadcasts itself, demanding recognition it hasn't earned.
Pompous, extravagant language
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
- turgiditySwollen or inflated state
fustian · rodomontade · magniloquence · rhetoric · windiness · wordiness · prolixity · puffery
Ruinous excessive confidence
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
superciliousness · smugness · self-importance · snobbery · condescension · disdainfulness · contemptuousness · imperiousness
Ostentatious display quality
- flamboyanceShowy, confident style
- flashinessOstentatious showiness
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
theatricality · grandstanding · flourish · swagger · ceremony · splendor · opulence · display
Poor air circulation
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
- ceremoniousnessElaborate attention to protocol
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- gravitasDignified, weighty manner
stateliness · dignity · officiousness · rigidity · decorum · propriety · formalism · punctiliousness
grandiloquence
Pompous, extravagant language
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
turgidity · fustian · rodomontade · magniloquence · rhetoric · windiness · wordiness · prolixity · puffery · oratory
hubris
Ruinous excessive confidence
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
haughtiness · superciliousness · smugness · self-importance · snobbery · condescension · disdainfulness · contemptuousness · imperiousness · high-handedness
showiness
Ostentatious display quality
- flamboyanceShowy, confident style
- flashinessOstentatious showiness
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
pageantry · theatricality · grandstanding · flourish · swagger · ceremony · splendor · opulence · display · spectacle
stuffiness
Poor air circulation
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
- ceremoniousnessElaborate attention to protocol
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
gravitas · stateliness · dignity · officiousness · rigidity · decorum · propriety · formalism · punctiliousness · self-seriousness
- blatherbabble, balderdash, baloney, blarney, blather
- ego displaysarrogance, vanity, boasting, showboating, braggadocio
- snobberysnob, snobbery, snooty, elitism, snoot
- vicesgreed, envy, lust, gluttony, vanity
- egoego, egoism, big ego, egotism, egocentrism
- vanityconceit, narcissism, ego, self-admiration, self-love
pomposityplainness
Unadorned, straightforward quality
simplicity · directness · economy · straightforwardness · terseness
pomposityhumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · humbleness · unpretentiousness · self-effacement · meekness