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pompous

[pom-puhs] / ˈpɒm pəs /


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But because she’s telling the worst men what they want to hear, Stuckey has created space for herself to live out the usually male role of being the pompous bully who will brook no dissent.

From Salon

His most “persistent hater,” the pompous moralist Cato the Censor, railed at Scipio’s unseemly pride and alleged corruption.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dramatically, however, “Sirāt” is at once haphazard and pompous, stalling on its central mystery and throwing in a few flashes of distracting calamity.

From The Wall Street Journal

So I just quoted them being completely pompous.

From Los Angeles Times

The mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap” parodied pompous rock musicians to great effect.

From The Wall Street Journal