POMPOUS

• (adj.) characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display

  synonyms : ceremonious

  They gave the newly wed couple a ceremonious reception. -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (adj.) puffed up with vanity

  "a grandiloquent and boastful manner", "overblown oratory", "a pompous speech", "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"

  synonyms : grandiloquent , overblown , pontifical , portentous

  His pontifical speech made him a subject of ridicule. -added by naila_inlas

  His overblown oratory impressed no one. -added by naila_inlas

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