Usually means: Excessively grand, ornate, or arrogant.
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  1. pomposo: Merriam-Webster
  2. pomposo: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Pomposo, pomposo: Wordnik
  4. pomposo: Wiktionary
  5. Pomposo: Dictionary.com
  6. Pomposo: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. pomposo: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Pomposo: Rhymezone
  9. Pomposo, pomposo: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. pomposo: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Pomposo: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pomposo: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pomposo)

▸ adjective:  (music) ceremonious and dignified
▸ adverb:  (music) in a ceremonious and dignified manner

Similar:
pompatic, pontifical, altiloquent, poncy, pommy, magniloquous, portamentoed, Pompeian, Pombaline, pontificious, more...

Types:
haughty, arrogant, egotistical, self-important, conceited, supercilious, more...



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Similar:
pompatic, pontifical, altiloquent, poncy, pommy, magniloquous, portamentoed, Pompeian, Pombaline, pontificious, more...

Types:
haughty, arrogant, egotistical, self-important, conceited, supercilious, more...



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