pomposity

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  1. Pompous conduct or character; pompousness; ostentation. Too impatient of dullness or pomposity, she is more sarcastic now than she became when after-years of sulfering had softened her nature. Thackeray, Newcomes, xxiv.
  2. Synonyms Pompousness may be used in a good sense; pomposity always expresses something objectionable. See pomp and pompous.

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  • There is about Lee's movie an unmistakable whiff of pomposity, and that attitude, along with the characterlessness of the dialogue, doomed Hulk to be not so much a smash as a dull, disjointed thump. —  FSFDec2003
  • Gone was-the pomposity, and though he had heard the words before, they now seemed fresh and vibrant. —  David Gemmell - (Lion of Macedon 01) Lion Of Macedon v1.0 (1990).htm
  • Miller did quite a penance for his real-life adultery, as well as his pomposity: he decided, it seems, to marry the sexiest woman in the world because she would be good for his writing ( "I wanted to disarm myself before the sources of my art"). —  New Statesman
  • Such wonderful pomposity, a real gift to the comedian. —  Top stories from Times Online
  • I don't like their tone either, or their pomposity and arrogance.
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  1. = Italian pomposità; from Middle Latin pomposita(t-)s, from Late Latin pomposus, pompous: see pompous.
 

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