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
- 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.
grandiose — full definition
- adj Extremely ambitious or impressive in scale.
- adj Pompous or overblown, more showy than genuinely impressive.