different between pompous vs domineering
pompous
English
Etymology
From Middle English pompous, from Old French pompeux, from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek ????? (pomp?, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from ????? (pémp?, “I send”). Doublet of pomposo.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?mp?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?mp?s/
Adjective
pompous (comparative more pompous, superlative most pompous)
- Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
- 1848, Thackeray, William Makepeace, Vanity Fair, 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 Samuel did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief."
- 1848, Thackeray, William Makepeace, Vanity Fair, Bantam Classics (1997), 16:
Synonyms
- conceited
- smug
- See also Thesaurus:arrogant
Antonyms
- humble
- modest
- self-effacing
Related terms
- pomp
- pomposity
- pompously
Translations
Further reading
- pompous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pompous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- pompous at OneLook Dictionary Search
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domineering
English
Verb
domineering
- present participle of domineer
Adjective
domineering (comparative more domineering, superlative most domineering)
- overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
Synonyms
- bossy, assertive, dominant, forceful, commanding, pushy, strong-willed, arbitrary, oppressive, regnant
- See also Thesaurus:bossy
Antonyms
- submissive
Translations
Noun
domineering (plural domineerings)
- The act of one who domineers.
- In strange contrast to the hardly tolerable constraint and nameless invisible domineerings of the captain's table, was the entire care-free license and ease, the almost frantic democracy of those inferior fellows the harpooneers.
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