pompous
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Guy is probably the worst human to be granted the Green Lantern’s powers: He’s pompous, ill-mannered and insecure.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
The unmistakably pompous uncle of the female lead flipped the table, throwing everything on it into the air.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
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 ● Dec. 1, 2025
So I just quoted them being completely pompous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
Using a formal style when an informal style is called for results in prose that seems stuffy, pompous, affected, haughty.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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