pompous

adjectiveB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more pompous

Superlative

most pompous

1.
Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous, and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Samuel did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief.

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Đồng nghĩa

conceitedsmug importanthighfalutin

Trái nghĩa

humble modestself-effacing

Cùng gốc / liên quan

overpompousunpompous pomp pomposity pompously pompousness

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English pompous, from Old French pompeux, pompos, from pomposus, from Latin pompa (pomp), from Ancient Greek πομπή (a sending, a solemn procession, pomp), from πέμπω (to send), equivalent to pomp + -ous. pomposo.