Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing Results for "pompousness"
See Also:

pompousness



Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“He approached the work with a lot of humility. There wasn’t any pompousness about him,” said Edward Padilla, former lead youth educator at Casa 0101 and a family friend.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024

I don’t want the rigidness of it all and the pompousness.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2020

“Taking the piss” is a term British people came up with that means putting a pin in the balloon of pompousness with of absurdity.

From The Verge • May 31, 2018

“So if you take away all the pompousness, what are you left with?” asked the soft-spoken government attorney Inga Bejer Engh.

From Salon • May 17, 2012

The nurses," rejoined the doctor with a pompousness which somehow irritated Luke, "will have my authorization to forbid any one having access to Lord Radclyffe for the present.

From The Heart of a Woman by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "pompousness" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com