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pompous | struts |

As an adjective pompous

is affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

As a noun struts is

plural of lang=en.

As a verb struts is

third-person singular of strut.

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

    struts

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (strut)
  • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

  • an ostrich (large flightless bird )
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