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Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important

Having an exaggerated perception of one's positive qualities

Foolishly grand in style

Bold, audacious or showy in behavior or manner

Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically

Of exaggerated importance or value

Overly formal, conventional, or prim and proper

Magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense, and having a flavor of debauchery

Abounding in words or containing more words than necessary

Impressive or grand in size, appearance, or manner

Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound

Swollen with fluid or gas

Marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and etiquette

Praised; held in high esteem

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Adjective

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important

high-and-mighty

self-centred^UK

self-centered^US

high and mighty

self-opinionated

full of oneself

self-congratulatory

self-glorifying

too big for your boots

full of yourself

holier-than-thou

putting on airs

on your high horse

self-aggrandizing

self-respecting

too big for your breeches

self-complacent

self-flattering

self-applauding

self-gratulatory

self-dramatizing

throwing one's weight around

offensively self-assertive

on a high horse

pleased with yourself

swollen with pride

of preconceived ideas

sure of yourself

throwing one's weight about

take-it-or-leave-it

full of airs and graces

throwing weight around

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“It is here that Nazneen is to spend the rest of her days married to Chanu Babu - a pompous yet discreetly sensitive man twenty years her senior.”

Adjective

Having an exaggerated perception of one's positive qualities

self-opinionated

self-centred^UK

self-centered^US

full of yourself

wrapped up in oneself

individualistic

self-interested

stuck on oneself

pleased with oneself

too big for your boots

self-preoccupied

self-infatuated

full of oneself

self-congratulatory

high-and-mighty

full of hot air

pleased with yourself

high and mighty

proud of oneself

too big for your britches

self-aggrandizing

in love with oneself

think too highly of oneself

think a lot of oneself

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

blowing one's own horn

holier-than-thou

too big for your breeches

think one is the cat's pyjamas

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

looking after number one

nose in the air

proud of yourself

flushed with success

I'm all right, Jack

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

like the cat that's got the cream

self-aggrandising

self-applauding

self-sufficient

having a swelled head

wrapped up with oneself

resting on your laurels

like the cat that got the cream

blowing one's own trumpet

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Adjective

Foolishly grand in style

hyperventilated

full of hot air

circumlocutionary

full of verbiage

highly decorated

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“She winced at his pompous phraseology.”

Adjective

Bold, audacious or showy in behavior or manner

over the top OTT

exhibitionistic

hyperventilated

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Adjective

Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

schoolmasterist

holier-than-thou

by way of explanation

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Adjective

Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically

holier-than-thou

to keep up appearances

too good to be true

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Adjective

Of exaggerated importance or value

disproportionate

hyperventilated

overemphasized^US

overemphasised^UK

larger-than-life

attention-grabbing

overextravagant

sensationalistic

highly coloured

out of proportion

out of all proportion

beyond the pale

blown up out of all proportion

surplus to requirements

excessively high

over one's head

recrementitious

over-enthusiastic

beyond all bounds

laid on with a trowel

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Adjective

Overly formal, conventional, or prim and proper

stick-in-the-mud

of the old school

prim and proper

holier-than-thou

schoolmistressy

undemonstrative

uncommunicative

keeping people at arm's length

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Adjective

Magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense, and having a flavor of debauchery

lavishly appointed

out of this world

fit for a queen

in the lap of luxury

pleasure-loving

with good taste

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Adjective

Abounding in words or containing more words than necessary

with the gift of the gab

having kissed the Blarney stone

circumlocutionary

able to talk the hind legs off a donkey

full of hot air

having kissed the blarney stone

hyperventilated

full of verbiage

seemingly endless

having kissed the Blarney Stone

circumlocuitous

circumlocutional

circumlocutious

running on at the mouth

blessed with the gift of the gab

forever and a day

excessively communicative

unstraightforward

difficult to follow

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Adjective

Impressive or grand in size, appearance, or manner

highly regarded

tall in the saddle

fit for a prince

fit for a queen

fit for a princess

bigger than life

larger-than-life

well-proportioned

tall and dignified

of the first rank

one for the book

something to write home about

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Adjective

Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound

clearly audible

raising the roof

as clear as a bell

extremely noisy

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Adjective

Swollen with fluid or gas

uncomfortably full

curving outward

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Adjective

Marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and etiquette

stick-in-the-mud

of the old school

schoolmistressy

prim and proper

self-respecting

overconscientious

highly regarded

well thought of

cool as a cucumber

fit for a prince

fit for a queen

fit for a princess

well-thought-of

tall in the saddle

highest-ranking

self-sufficient

self-controlled

in the public eye

of great consequence

of the first rank

one for the book

something to write home about

out of this world

of high standing

highly esteemed

highly thought of

well-proportioned

tall and dignified

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Adjective

Praised; held in high esteem

highest-ranking

highly regarded

well thought of

fit for a prince

fit for a queen

fit for a princess

conferring prestige

of gentle birth

larger-than-life

self-respecting

born with a silver spoon in your mouth

of high standing

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