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PRONUNCIATION OF POMPOUSNESS

pompousness  [ˈpɒmpəsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POMPOUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pompousness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POMPOUSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pompousness in the English dictionary

The definition of pompousness in the dictionary is an ostentatiously lofty quality.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POMPOUSNESS


airlessness
ˈɛələsnəs
consciousness
ˈkɒnʃəsnəs
contagiousness
kənˈteɪdʒəsnəs
dangerousness
ˈdeɪndʒərəsnəs
deliciousness
dɪˈlɪʃəsnəs
effortlessness
ˈɛfətləsnəs
endlessness
ˈɛndləsnəs
flawlessness
ˈflɔːləsnəs
godlessness
ˈɡɒdləsnəs
harmlessness
ˈhɑːmləsnəs
heedlessness
ˈhiːdləsnəs
hilariousness
hɪˈleərɪəsnəs
jealousness
ˈdʒɛləsnəs
lusciousness
ˈlʌʃəsnəs
meaninglessness
ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs
mysteriousness
mɪˈstɪərɪəsnəs
obliviousness
əˈblɪvɪəsnəs
preciousness
ˈprɛʃəsnəs
self-consciousness
ˌsɛlfˈkɒnʃəsnəs
statelessness
ˈsteɪtləsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POMPOUSNESS

pompelmoose
pompelmous
pompelmouse
Pompey
pompholygous
pompholyx
Pompidou
pompier
pompilid
pompion
pompom
pompon
pompon dahlia
pompon rose
pomposities
pomposity
pomposo
pompous
pompously
pomwater

WORDS THAT END LIKE POMPOUSNESS

biliousness
business
callousness
carelessness
deviousness
helplessness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
obviousness
rebelliousness
religiousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
sleeplessness
thoughtlessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of pompousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pompousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POMPOUSNESS

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The translations of pompousness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pompousness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pompousness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pomposidad
570 millions of speakers

English

pompousness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pompousness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التفاخر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

помпезности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pompousness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pompousness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pompeux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekaburan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wichtigtuerei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pompousness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pompousness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pompousness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pompousness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pompousness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धूमकेतू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pompousness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pomposità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pompatyczność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

помпезності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pompousness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σοβαροφάνεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoogdrawendheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pompousness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pompousness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pompousness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POMPOUSNESS»

The term «pompousness» is normally little used and occupies the 140.260 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POMPOUSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pompousness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pompousness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pompousness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POMPOUSNESS»

Discover the use of pompousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pompousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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O.U.C.H! Our Unwelcome Colored Help
CHAPTER. 15. Pompousness. and. Circumstance. I have encountered several managers during my career who seemed to be basking in the sunlight of their positions, being impressed with the fame or, in some cases, notoriety. They may ...
Clarence Freeman, 2009
2
My Catholic Church Returns Safely DTE (Down To Earth)
Also, I truly believe that pompousness has shrouded over orcaused these sins tobe overlooked andfester undetected,wearing a cloakof ignorance and blind ambition. Read on to see why I feel that pompousness, aloofness and anair of ...
Gordon L. Cundiff, 2012
3
The Finkler Question
Funny, furious, unflinching, this extraordinary novel shows one of our finest writers at his brilliant best.
Howard Jacobson, 2010
4
The Stones of Venice -: The Sea Stories
MODERN PULPITS, There is no character of an ordinary modern English church which appears to me more to be regretted than the peculiar pompousness of the furniture of the pulpits, contrasted, as it generally is, with great meagreness and ...
John Ruskin, 2013
5
A General Dictionary of the English Language
A pumkin. POMPOUS, pom'-pis. a. Splendid, magnificent, grand. POMPOUSLY, pompously. ad. Magnificently, splendidly. POMPOUSNESS, pompousness. s. Magnificence, splendor, showiness, ostentatiousness. POND, pond', s. A small pool ...
Thomas Sheridan, 1780
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A critical pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the ...
(165). A pup:pkin. Pomposity, pom-p6s>'t-ti. s. An affectation of pompousness. JC * Though this word is not to be found in Johnson or Sheridan, it has been adopted by some of our o:her Lexicographers, and so frequently occurs in conversation ...
John Walker, 1803
7
Brecht Unbound
... die dieser anderen Menschen gegeniiber einnimmt].1 When playing a fascist, for example, the actor was not merely to present the character's pompousness; he or she was to illustrate a political stance toward that pompousness. Nor was the ...
James K. Lyon, Hans-Peter Breuer, 1995
8
Poetry Manuscripts at Harvard
So being left alone, (Lycius was gone to summon all his kin) And knowing surely she could never win His foolish heart from its mad pompousness. She set herself, high-thoughted, how to dress The misery in fit magnificence. She did so, but 'tis ...
John Keats, Jack Stillinger, Helen Vendler, 1990
9
Aesthetics, Problems in the Philosophy of Criticism
464 But again it might be argued that it is not just any human regional quality that is given as a ground of praise, for some qualities are cited as grounds of dispraise: pompousness, pretentiousness, ostentatious vulgarity; a work is bad because ...
Monroe C. Beardsley, 1981
10
Here & Elsewhere: The Collected Fiction of Kenneth Burke
For in their attempt to provide a literary, rather than a vicarious, experience they embody a deliberate pompousness which is unpardonable unless pompousness is not necessarily bad. The Declamations originally took shape as an objective, ...
Kenneth Burke, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POMPOUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pompousness is used in the context of the following news items.
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My mother Joan Rivers, the rudest (and funniest) person in the world
Joan Rivers, who described herself as being 'funny, caustic, and cheap', was a particularly hysterical scourge of human pompousness and ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
The cult of white liberal race-deniers: David Brooks, Sandra Bland …
... I was particularly not in the mood for his well-established self-satisfaction, his pompousness, his condescension wrapped in smugness. «Salon, Jul 15»
3
Secret Wars Spoilers & Review: Siege #1 By Kieron Gillen, Filipe …
Kang looks as bloated as his pompousness but he doesn't have the swelled head to match. Special mentions go to James Stokoe and Jorge ... «Inside Pulse, Jul 15»
4
World Premiere of William Thomas McKinley's “Kids”
... Rosenkavalier, and intends to make the audience feel the passion, tenderness, discord of love, and pompousness portrayed in the opera. «Bay Net, Jul 15»
5
Temporary home while you're taking a break
... designed strictly in black and white, to the chamber reviving the pompousness of baroque, the rooms are able to fulfil many kinds of wish. «Budapest Times, Jul 15»
6
Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman: What we learn from the first chapter
... as she reflects on her relationship with her cousins and how her father used to undermine the pretensions and pompousness of her aunt. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
The Classical Music Network
Dubois even nudges at his terra firma by announcing two notions of La Marseillaise but devoid of pompousness. The concluding bars render ... «ConcertoNet, Jul 15»
8
Steven Universe Recap: Rising Tides/Crashing Skies
... analyze here, “Rising Tides/Crashing Skies” is one of the funniest episodes in a long time, as Renaldo's pompousness and later desperation ... «Overmental, Jul 15»
9
Lightning strike likely cause of extensive damage to Lou Holtz's home
Three months into his retirement, though, Holtz is being forced to deal with an issue much more significant than Mark May's pompousness. «NBCSports.com, Jun 15»
10
How A Narcissist Verbally Abuses
Their tone reiterates the abusiveness by combining petulance and pompousness. Words have meaning beyond their definition. For a narcissist, words are used ... «PsychCentral.com, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pompousness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pompousness>. May 2024 ».
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