grandiloquent (s)
overblown (s)
pompous (s)
pontifical (s)
portentous (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def puffed up with vanity
examples a grandiloquent and boastful manner
overblown oratory
a pompous speech
pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey Newsweek
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Similar to pretentious
Derivationally related form pompous → pomp
Derivationally related form pompous → pomposity
Derivationally related form pompous → pompousness
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Similar to pretentious
Derived from adjective pompously → pompous
Derived from adjective portentously → portentous
Derivationally related form pompousness → pompous
Derivationally related form pomposity → pompous
Derivationally related form pomp → pompous

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