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US
/ˌpɑmˈpɑsɪti/
]
[ UK /pəmpˈɒsɪti/ ]
[ UK /pəmpˈɒsɪti/ ]
NOUN
- lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
How To Use pomposity In A Sentence
- He drew astonished gasps from the audience and co-panellists alike for the fatuity and pomposity of his contributions.
- I greatly feared - and still slightly do fear - that this creature presages a descent into a fantasy nerdfest of Tolkienesque pomposity and orotundity.
- Nothing could deflate his ego / pomposity , ie make him less self - assured or pompous.
- How glorious to puncture the pomposity of the self-important. Times, Sunday Times
- It is not remotely didactic and it is mercifully free from the self-righteous pomposity that you might expect from a banker who is also an ordained clergyman. Times, Sunday Times
- We feel the man's pomposity and age, taste the heat and sweat of his desperation in the grip of beauty and decay. Times, Sunday Times
- What would it take to bring wine back to the stature that it deserves - one where it is included in our everyday lives and given appreciation without pomposity?
- The pomposity and ostentation of the rich seems to heighten the sense of our ultimate worthlessness.
- Labels: pimpin ', pomposity posted by Mungowitz @ 3/25/2009 03: 12: 00 PM Duke Chautauqua Series
- His formula starts with the best parts of country house hotel cooking - well-sourced raw ingredients and capably prepared, stripped of any pomposity or pretension.
