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pompousness
[pom-pos-i-tee] 
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pompousness
[pom-pos-i-tee]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretentiousness |
| Synonyms: | affectation, big talk, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front, front, grandioseness, grandiosity, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony*, pomposity, pretension, put-on, self-importance, show, showboat, showiness, showoff, snobbery, splash*, vainglory, vanity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hauteur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
| Synonyms: | airs, audacity, conceit, conceitedness, condescension, contempt, disdain, disdainfulness, egotism, gall, haughtiness, high-handedness, nerve, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pride, self-importance, snobbishness, vanity |
| Main Entry: | hubris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
| Synonyms: | airs, audacity, brass, cheek, chutzpah*, cockiness, conceitedness, contemptuousness, disdain, insolence, loftiness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, self-importance, vanity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ostentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exhibitionism, flashiness |
| Synonyms: | affectation, array, boast, boasting, brag, braggadocio, bragging, bravado, demonstration, display, exhibition, false front, flamboyance, flash*, flaunting, flourish, fuss, garishness, grandstand play, magnificence, pageant, pageantry, parade, parading, pomp, pomposity, pompousness, pretending, pretension, pretentiousness, put-on, shine*, show, showiness, showing off, showoff, spectacle, splendor, splurge, swagger*, swaggering, swank, vainglory, vaunt, vaunting, window-dressing |
| Antonyms: | modesty, plainness, quiet, reservation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | self-importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conceit |
| Synonyms: | ego, egoism, pomposity, pompousness, vainglory, vanity |
| Antonyms: | humility |
| Main Entry: | grandioseness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretentiousness |
| Synonyms: | affectation, big talk, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front, front, grandiosity, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony, pomposity, pompousness, pretension, put-on, self-importance, show, showboat, showiness, showoff, snobbery, splash*, va, vainglory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grandiosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretentiousness |
| Synonyms: | affectation, big talk, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front, front, grandioseness, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony, pomposity, pompousness, pretension, put-on, self-importance, show, showboat, showiness, showoff, snobbery, splash*, vainglory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loftiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
| Synonyms: | airs, aloofness, audacity, bluster, braggadocio, brass, cheek, chutzpah*, conceit, conceitedness, contemptuousness, crust, disdain, disdainfulness, ego, egotism, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, hubris, imperiousness, insolence, lordliness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, overbearingness, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, pride, pridefulness, priggishness, proudness, scornfulness, self-importance, self-love, smugness, superciliousness, superiority, swagger, vanity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lordliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
| Synonyms: | airs, aloofness, audacity, bluster, braggadocio, brass, cheek, chutzpah*, conceit, conceitedness, contemptuousness, crust, disdain, disdainfulness, ego, egotism, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, hubris, imperiousness, insolence, loftiness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, overbearingness, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, pride, pridefulness, priggishness, proudness, scornfulness, self-importance, self-love, smugness, superciliousness, superiority, swagger, vanity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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