pompous
Full of oneself
Pompous describes someone who takes themselves too seriously, displaying an inflated sense of importance or dignity.
A pompous speech is full of grand language meant to impress.
A pompous official acts as if their position makes them superior.
The word suggests self-importance that others find tiresome or ridiculous: He delivered a pompous lecture on proper etiquette while his fly was down.
Disdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
snobbish · disdainful · imperious · condescending · patronizing · contemptuous · high-handed · domineering
Dogmatically self-important
- sanctimoniousFeigning moral superiority
- preachyExcessively moralizing in tone
- didacticIntended to instruct
- moralisticProne to lecturing others
pretentious · highfalutin · stilted · stuffy · stiff · formal · priggish · self-righteous
Given to self-praise
- vaingloriousBoastfully proud, ostentatiously so
- swaggeringOstentatiously self-assured manner
- braggartOne who flaunts achievements
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
smug · self-satisfied · puffed-up · bloated · inflated · hubristic · overweening · complacent
Pretentiously elevated in speech
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
- orotundBombastically resonant in speech
- declamatoryPompously rhetorical in style
- turgidSwollen or pompous
florid · rhetorical · overwrought · verbose · periphrastic · sesquipedalian · fustian · windy
Excessively eye-catching
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
theatrical · ornate · overdone · garish · splashy · grandiose · ceremonious · elaborate
haughty
Disdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
overbearing · snobbish · disdainful · imperious · condescending · patronizing · contemptuous · high-handed · domineering · lofty
pontifical
Dogmatically self-important
- sanctimoniousFeigning moral superiority
- preachyExcessively moralizing in tone
- didacticIntended to instruct
moralistic · pretentious · highfalutin · stilted · stuffy · stiff · formal · priggish · self-righteous · holier-than-thou
boastful
Given to self-praise
- vaingloriousBoastfully proud, ostentatiously so
- swaggeringOstentatiously self-assured manner
- braggartOne who flaunts achievements
egotistical · smug · self-satisfied · puffed-up · bloated · inflated · hubristic · overweening · complacent · preening
grandiloquent
Pretentiously elevated in speech
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
- orotundBombastically resonant in speech
- declamatoryPompously rhetorical in style
turgid · florid · rhetorical · overwrought · verbose · periphrastic · sesquipedalian · fustian · windy · long-winded
showy
Excessively eye-catching
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
extravagant · theatrical · ornate · overdone · garish · splashy · grandiose · ceremonious · elaborate · resplendent
- arrogancearrogant, conceited, vain, haughty, egotistical
- pretentiousnesspretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, pomposity, affectation
- egotismarrogant, conceited, egocentric, egomaniac, egotist
- snobberysnob, snobbery, snooty, elitism, snoot
- Overblown Wordsbombastic, grandiose, inflated, overblown, pretentious
- speech registersformal, informal, casual, colloquial, vernacular
pompoushumble
Unassuming about oneself
modest · unassuming · self-effacing · unpretentious · down-to-earth
pompousplain-spoken
Speaking without ornament
straightforward · simple · plain · understated · unpretentious