21 entries under pompous topic. ×

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grandiloquent(adjective, style, plain, speech, important)
16
bombastic(adjective, style, plain, words, tedious)
13
declamatory(adjective, style, plain, speech, words)
13
flowery(adjective, style, plain, speech, important)
9
magniloquent(adjective, style, plain, important, words)
9
turgid(adjective, ornament, exaggerated, wordy)
8
overblown(adjective, style, plain, important, words)
8
sonorous(adjective, style, plain, important, words)
7
high-flown(adjective, style, plain, important, words)
7
inflated(adjective, stiff, ornament, pretentious, lofty)
7
pretentious(adjective, important, stiff, affected, elaborate)
7
verbose(adjective, pretentious, exaggerated, wordy)
6
euphuistic(adjective, rich, stiff, affected, ornament)
6
showy(adjective, superior, important, affected, hollow)
6
wordy(adjective, exaggerated, talkative, swollen)
5
aureate(adjective, style, plain, words, stiff)
5
fustian(adjective, style, plain, words, tedious)
5
ostentatious(adjective, important, affected, hollow, pretentious)
5
windy(adjective, tedious, pretentious, exaggerated, wordy)
3
long-winded(pretentious, rambling, talkative, wordy, prolix)
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