pomposity

/pom-pos-i-tee/US // pɒmˈpɒs ɪ ti //UK // (pɒmˈpɒsɪtɪ) //

浮夸风,浮夸,虚张声势,浮夸风气

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.

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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.

/pom-pos-i-tee/US // pɒmˈpɒs ɪ ti //UK // (pɒmˈpɒsɪtɪ) //

浮夸风,浮夸,虚张声势,浮夸风气

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.

nounpretension

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.