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POMPOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pompousness mean?
• POMPOUSNESS (noun)
The noun POMPOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Familiarity information: POMPOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
inflation; ostentation; ostentatiousness; pomposity; pompousness; pretentiousness; puffiness; splashiness
Hypernyms ("pompousness" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Derivation:
pompous (puffed up with vanity)
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