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помпе́зный — meaning in English

pompeznyy

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English meaning

  • bombastic adj showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
  • grandiose adj Extremely ambitious or impressive in scale.
  • pompous adj Overly self-important, grand, or full of exaggerated dignity.
  • stilted adj Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts.
  • turgid adj Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.

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

  1. adj showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
  2. adj High‐sounding but with little meaning.
  3. adj Loud, aggressive, highly exaggerated, or explosive in manner or delivery; over‐the‐top.
  4. adj Inflated, overfilled.

grandiose — full definition

  1. adj Extremely ambitious or impressive in scale.
  2. adj Pompous or overblown, more showy than genuinely impressive.

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