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Pompous vs Poseur - What's the difference?

pompous | poseur |

As an adjective pompous

is affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

As a noun poseur is

one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

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

    External links

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    poseur

    English

    (wikipedia poseur)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
    • He pretends draping things in miles of cloth is art, and that he’s an artist, but it’s always the same gimmick with different details, and he’s just a poseur .
    She only dresses like that because she thinks she is getting the boys' attention; she doesn’t even like the clothes. She’s such a poseur .

    See also

    * poser * pretentious

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