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Pompous vs Bloated - What's the difference?

pompous | bloated |

As adjectives the difference between pompous and bloated

is that pompous is affectedly grand, solemn or self-important while bloated is swollen with fluid or gas.

As a verb bloated is

past tense of bloat.

pompous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
  • * 1848, , Bantam Classics (1997), 16:
    • "Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous , and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Sedley did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief."

    Synonyms

    * conceited * smug * See also

    Antonyms

    * humble * modest * self-effacing

    Related terms

    * pomp * pomposity * pompously

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    bloated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bloat)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Swollen with fluid or gas.
  • Excessively or extremely large or wealthy.
  • (computing) Describing software which is overloaded with features, known as bloatware.
  • (of food) Slightly salted and lightly smoked (as in bloated herring).