Pompous
Pompous adjective - Having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude.
Usage example: the pompous waiter served us in the manner of a person doing some poor soul a great favor
Self-asserting and pompous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Self-asserting" instead an adjective "Pompous".
Self-asserting
Self-asserting adjective - Having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude.
Usage example: a bunch of self-asserting upstarts who thought that they could buy their way into high society
Pompous and self-asserting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pompous" instead an adjective phrase "Self-asserting".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- lofty and pompous
- lofty and self-asserting
- ostentatious and pompous
- ostentatious and self-asserting
- self-important and pompous
- self-important and self-asserting
- haughty and pompous
- haughty and self-asserting
- pretentious and pompous
- pretentious and self-asserting
- arrogant and pompous
- arrogant and self-asserting
- superior and pompous
- superior and self-asserting
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