pompatyczny — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
pompatyczny is used for these senses in English:
- bombastic (of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
- stilted (figuratively) Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.
bombastic — full definition
- adj showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
- adj High‐sounding but with little meaning.
- adj Loud, aggressive, highly exaggerated, or explosive in manner or delivery; over‐the‐top.
- adj Inflated, overfilled.
stilted — full definition
- adj Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts.
- adj Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.
- adj Of a building or architectural feature such as an arch or vault: supported by stilts (“supporting pillars or posts”); also (generally) having the main part raised above the usual level by some structure.