Antonyms for pomposity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pom-pos-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : pɒmˈpɒs ɪ ti

Definition of pomposity

Origin : early 15c., "pomp, solemnity," from Medieval Latin pompositas, from Late Latin pomposus "stately, pompous" (see pompous). The sense of "ostentatious display" is from 1610s; earlier in French pomposité.

noun pretension
noun grandiloquence

Example sentences :

What we ought to be afraid of is not seriousness and earnestness, but of solemnity and pomposity.
Extract from : « Joyous Gard » by Arthur Christopher Benson

"I should have expressed my displeasure if I had felt it," said his father with all the pomposity that was natural to him.
Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson

But Mrs. Sullivan's pomposity was not to be discomposed by any sudden attack.
Extract from : « Manners, Vol 1 of 3 » by Frances Brooke

If he spoke with pomposity she answered with disdain, and if he was dictatorial she was arrogant.
Extract from : « The Mark of Cain » by Carolyn Wells

You must admit that your past thoughts as to your own pomposity will shrink just a bit!
Extract from : « Gadsby » by Ernest Vincent Wright

They attacked his pretension with flouting and battered his pomposity with ridicule.
Extract from : « The Bishop's Apron » by W. Somerset Maugham

With some pomposity of manner the English detective produced a fat note-book.
Extract from : « The Crime Club » by William Holt-White

He becomes intoxicated by the protuberance of his own pomposity.
Extract from : « The Nurserymatograph » by A Lawyer

It's well written—you can take the pomposity out of it, here and there and it's novel.
Extract from : « The March Family Trilogy, Complete » by William Dean Howells

It is a fact of general observation that there is no pomposity like the pomposity of littleness.
Extract from : « Prisoner for Blasphemy » by G. W. [George William] Foote

Synonyms for pomposity

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