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The host gave a long, pompous speech full of big words that didn’t mean much.pompous = sounding self-important
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She found his pompous attitude unbearable. He acted like he was better than everyone else.pompous = arrogant
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When the first part of the performance was over, the Owner and Manager of the circus, in a black coat, white knee breeches, and patent leather boots, presented himself to the public and in a loud, pompous voice made the following announcement:† (source)
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She must seem as pompous as that intern, putting on airs with that title. (source)pompous = self-important or arrogant in speech or behavior
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"Well done, Ron, excellent," said Percy Weasley pompously as "Zabini, Blaise," was made a Slytherin. (source)pompously = with excessive self-importance
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pompous priests (source)pompous = behaving with excessive self-importance -- often with exaggerated dignity or ceremonial splendor
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His manner of speaking was infecting me, making me pompous. (source)pompous = behaving with excessive self-importance
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"There are signs posted everywhere clearly stating that climbing trees is forbidden," one cop began pompously. (source)pompously = with excessive self-importance
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For a second Gudgeon's face glowed with the old pomposity.† (source)
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She kindly let me get by most of the time with putting on the dog and pompousness, being a warm girl.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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He was dwarfed and dumb and a little awed, but that insignificance freed him from the pomposities of being Mr. George F. Babbitt of Zenith; saddened and freed his heart.† (source)
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I just looked at him, trying to figure out when, exactly, he'd gotten so pompous and impossible. (source)pompous = behaving with excessive self-importance
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He said his little say so pompously that it struck the three of them as funny.† (source)pompously = with excessive self-importance
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I swear, the pomposity in this place.† (source)
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I'd laugh out loud at his mixture of pompousness and revolutionist's jargon and his amended Tennessee accent.† (source)
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If they talked too much of money—of how much this new tincture of cinchona ought to sell, and how soon their salaries would be increased—yet they were free of the careful pomposities of college instructors.† (source)
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