Synonyms for Pompous (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display):
ceremonious
WordNet sense 2 (puffed up with vanity):
grandiloquent, overblown, pontifical, portentous
WordNet sense 3 (making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction):
pretentious
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