pompous
adjectiveExaggeratedly self-important or ceremonious.
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arrogant
adjectiveShowing an exaggerated sense of one's importance or superiority.
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adjectiveUsing grand, inflated language that outweighs its substance.
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adjectivePompous or extravagantly lofty in speech or writing.
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adjectivePompous and dogmatic in expressing an opinion.
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verbTo express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic manner.
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adjectiveHaving or displaying an exaggerated sense of one's own significance.
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adjectiveSwollen; in writing, excessively inflated or pompous.
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