pomposity in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pomposity in the English»French Dictionary

pomposity [Brit pɒmˈpɒsɪti, Am pɑmˈpɑsədi] N

pomposity (of manner)

air m pompeux

pomposity (of voice)

ton m pompeux

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bouffissure

pomposity

grandiloquence

pomposity, grandiloquence form

pomposity in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pomposity in the English»French Dictionary

pomposity [pɒmˈpɒsəti, Am pɑ:mˈpɑ:sət̬i] N no pl pej

pomposity

air m pompeux

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pomposity

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English

He often satirises the verbal pomposities of academics, or the socially pretentious.

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As well as highlighting the pomposities and hypocrisies of the age, the book also tackles issues sometimes considered taboo, including female education, cross-dressing and female adultery.

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The king's music is marked by wide leaps, conveying pomposity and exaggeration.

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It lacks a professorial pomposity or book tedium.

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When talking, he seemed stern and serious, sometimes with pomposity verging on the theatrical.

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I admired his courageous matter-of- factness and lack of pomposity.

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Around a bend, we are joined by an enormous, showy egret that conducts us, with much pomposity, upriver.

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In case you like your vampire movies to be decadent, full of pomposity and clear homoeroticism this is for you.

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The flick of an intonation deflated pomposity.

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It is tenacious, disorderly, skeptical of authority, lethal to pomposity and pretension.

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