pompous speech
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pompous — pompously, adv. /pom peuhs/, adj. 1. characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official. 2. ostentatiously lofty or high flown: a pompous speech. 3. characterized by pomp, stately splendor, or magnificence … Universalium
pompous — adjective trying to make people think you are important, especially by using very formal and important sounding words: The principal gave a very pompous speech about the portals of learning . pompously adverb pompousness, pomposity noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pompous — pomp•ous [[t]ˈpɒm pəs[/t]] adj. 1) characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance 2) ostentatiously lofty or high flown: a pompous speech[/ex] 3) characterized by pomp or stately splendor • Etymology: 1325–75; ME < LL… … From formal English to slang
speech — (n.) O.E. spæc act of speaking, manner of speaking, formal utterance, variant of spræc, related to sprecan, specan to speak (see SPEAK (Cf. speak)), from P.Gmc. *sprækijo (Cf. Ger. Sprache speech ). The spr forms were extinct in English by 1200.… … Etymology dictionary
pompous — [päm′pəs] adj. [ME < MFr pompeus < LL pomposus < L pompa: see POMP] 1. Archaic full of pomp; stately 2. characterized by exaggerated stateliness; pretentious, as in speech or manner; self important pompously adv. pompousness n … English World dictionary
speech — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Oral communication Nouns 1. speech, talk, faculty of speech; locution, parlance, expression, vernacular, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle; effusion, discourse; soliloquy;… … English dictionary for students
rant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. rage, rave, scold, nag; harangue. See excitability, speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombast, tirade, raving, rhetoric; see nonsense 1 . v. Syn. rave, fume, rail, harangue; see bluster , rage 1 .… … English dictionary for students
harangue — ha·rangue || hÉ™ ræŋ n. passionate or pompous speech; lecture, scolding v. make a passionate or pompous speech; lecture, scold … English contemporary dictionary
harangued — ha·rangue || hÉ™ ræŋ n. passionate or pompous speech; lecture, scolding v. make a passionate or pompous speech; lecture, scold … English contemporary dictionary
harangues — ha·rangue || hÉ™ ræŋ n. passionate or pompous speech; lecture, scolding v. make a passionate or pompous speech; lecture, scold … English contemporary dictionary
