adjective
1.
characterized by or exhibiting self-importance
a pompous old fool
Synonyms: arrogant, bloated, important, magisterial, pontifical, puffy, self-important, stuffy, wiggy; compare egocentric 2, proud 1
Related Word: conceited, narcissistic, self-conceited, stuck-up, vain, vainglorious; affected, highfalutin, hoity-toity, pretentious; presumptuous, self-centered, selfish; flaunting, flossy, ostentatious
Contrasted words: natural, unaffected, unpretentious; humble, meek, plain, simple; modest, unassuming
2.
Synonyms: rhetorical , aureate, bombastic, declamatory, euphuistic, flowery, grandiloquent, magniloquent, overblown, sonorous