pompousness
/pom-pos-i-tee/US // pɒmˈpɒs ɪ ti //UK // (pɒmˈpɒsɪtɪ) //
浮夸风,浮夸,华而不实,浮华
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural pom·pos·i·ties for 3.
- : the quality of being pompous.
- : pompous parading of dignity or importance.
- : an instance of being pompous, as by ostentatious loftiness of language, manner, or behavior.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounpretentiousness
Synonyms
affectation影响,牵挂,牵制,牵动人心charade招摇撞骗,骗局,戏法,骗人的把戏conceit构想,构思,观念,自负disguise伪装,掩饰,伪装成,隐蔽性fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货front前面,前面的,正面,前方grandiosity傲慢无礼,浩然之气,浩然正气,慷慨激昂hypocrisy虚伪性,伪善,虚伪,虚伪行为ostentation浮夸风,浮夸,铺张浪费,大肆渲染phony虚假的,虚假,虚假性,虚伪pomposity浮夸风,浮夸,虚张声势,浮夸风气pretension矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性put-on穿上,穿上衣服,穿上了,穿上它self-importance自视甚高,自尊心,自重,自大show显示,展示,显示出,表明showboat帆船,帆船表演,秀水湾,帆船赛showiness炫耀性,秀气,炫耀,表现snobbery势利眼,势利小人,势力范围,势利眼儿splash溅起的水花,泼水,溅起,溅射vainglory虚荣心,虚荣心作祟,爱慕虚荣,虚荣vanity虚荣心,虚幻性,虚荣,虚荣心强big talk大谈特谈,大嘴巴,大话西游,大嘴false front假面,虚伪的正面,虚假的前台,虚伪面孔grandioseness大气,宏伟,大气的,宏伟壮观showoff炫耀,炫耀性,炫富,炫技
Examples
The idea that jazz has become a catchword for pomposity is painful for those of us who care deeply about this music.
This will be salutary, and will deflate some of the pomposity-born-of-precociousness that bedevils Obama.
The inn-keeper at Valence amused us much by his empty pomposity.
He has lifted the only shield I cannot break, the shield of an impenetrable pomposity.
Horned heads, short-arched necks, and held-in chins abundantly told of pride and pomposity.
I would have expected perhaps a certain solemnity or even pomposity in the style of it; he had never a strong sense of humour.
In their lofty eminence of pomposity they are challenged only by Anglican bishops and grand opera tenors.
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