disapproval If you describe someone as pompous, you mean that they behave or speak in a very serious way because they think they are more important than they really are. He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. + pompously pomp·ous·ly Robin said pompously that he had an important business appointment
Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style
puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession
A pompous building or ceremony is very grand and elaborate. The service was grand without being pompous. someone who is pompous thinks that they are important, and shows this by being very formal and using long words - used to show disapproval
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