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pompous

[pom-puhs] / ˈpɒm pəs /


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Mr. Broderick, himself a sometime movie star, brings a slyly funny air of noblesse oblige that dovetails amusingly with Jay’s pompous, blinkered dimness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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

Adek was a pompous twit who happened to be the son of my mother’s friend, and so occasionally we were forced to dine together.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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