Humourless
Humourless adjective - Lacking humor.
Pompous and humourless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pompous" instead an adjective "Humourless".
Pompous
Pompous adjective - Having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude.
Humourless and pompous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Humourless" instead an adjective "Pompous".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- His father-in-law Dick is a mean-spirited, humourless and pompous jerk (or a complete dick, to put it another way).
- Jerkass: Even if he didn't constantly suffer at the hands of Howard's bad luck, Mel's father would still be an insufferably pompous, humourless and snobbish Dick.
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And then even if he does realize it, he's just so stubborn, pompous, humourless and pig-headed about things that he can't back down and admit he's wrong without somehow making things worse.
Source: Series / The Inbetweeners
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