What is the meaning of pompousness?
Pompous means someone who has excessive self-esteem.
Pompousness means to exhibit self-importance and arrogance.
Example:
His pompousness is destructive.
Bill's pompousness has a tendency to rub people the wrong way. (idiomatic)
An example of pompous is someone who constantly speaks about what they have achieved.
Origin of the word :
late 14c., "characterized by exaggerated self-importance or an ostentatiously dignified style," from Old French pompos (14c., Modern French pompeux) and directly from Late Latin pomposus "stately, pompous," from Latin pompa "pomp" (see pomp). More literal (but less common) meaning "characterized by magnificence and dignity" is attested from early 15c. In 15c. it also could mean "fierce, formidable." Related: Pompously; pompousness.
Literal Meaning :
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.
[disapproval]He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.
pompously ADVERB
Robin said pompously that he had an important business appointment.
Examples :
Andrea slid from them as if of a toboggan, filled with enthusiasm by the pompousness of what she was observing.
Probably just a bunch of pompousness and a big show for the nobility, that will cost more money than the castle he once wanted.
Have I mentioned that I wasn't very fond of Christian? He exuded pompousness, and he never seemed to be doing much of anything, save for staring at a computer screen.
Conclusion :
Synonyms for pompousness: arrogance,
Antonyms :
It's the lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.
The quality of lacking refinement and good taste.
Here are some examples:
I don’t want the rigidness of it all and the pompousness.
With their monster trucks and unearned pompousness, no hometown boy stood a chance of enticing us.
With their monster trucks and unearned pompousness, no hometown boy stood a chance of enticing us.