Pompous
Pompous adjective - Having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude.
Stuffed shirt and pompous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stuffed shirt" instead an adjective "Pompous".
Stuffed shirt
Stuffed shirt noun - A person with old-fashioned ideas.
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Synonyms for Stuffed shirt
Pompous and stuffed shirt are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pompous" instead an adjective phrase "Stuffed shirt".
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Related pairs
- sonorous and pompous
- sonorous and stuffed shirt
- flowery and pompous
- flowery and stuffed shirt
- rhetorical and pompous
- rhetorical and stuffed shirt
- stiff and pompous
- stiff and stuffed shirt
- ostentatious and pompous
- ostentatious and stuffed shirt
- bombastic and pompous
- bombastic and stuffed shirt
- grandiose and pompous
- grandiose and stuffed shirt
Both terms in one sentence
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Sympathetic P.O.V.: From Moist's point of view, The Ankh-Morpork Times is a useful tool, and Miss Cripslock makes for a great verbal whetstone (that is, she forces him to keep his wits sharp), but the editor-in-chief is an overly wordy, pompous stuffed shirt.
Source: Discworld / Going Postal
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