помпе́зный — meaning in English
pompeznyy
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English meaning
- bombastic adj Using showy, elaborate language to sound impressive.
- grandiose adj Extremely ambitious or impressive in scale.
- pompous adj Overly self-important, grand, or full of exaggerated dignity.
- stilted adj Standing or built on stilts, or on something similar.
- turgid adj Swollen beyond its normal size, usually by fluid pressing outward from inside.
Senses
помпе́зный 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
- bombastic High-sounding but with little meaning.
- grandiose Pompous or pretentious.
- pompous Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
- stilted (figuratively) Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.
- turgid (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
bombastic — full definition
- adj Using showy, elaborate language to sound impressive.
- adj Sounding grand and important while actually meaning very little.
- adj Loud, forceful and exaggerated in style; over the top.
- adj Puffed up or filled out more than it needs to be.
grandiose — full definition
- adj Extremely ambitious or impressive in scale.
- adj Pompous or overblown, more showy than genuinely impressive.
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