pompously

• Advérbio que descreve a maneira de agir ou falar com um senso exagerado da própria importância, de forma empolada, pretensiosa ou com ostentação, muitas vezes com um sentimento inflado de dignidade.

An adverb describing the manner of acting or speaking in a self-important, grand, or ostentatious way, often with an exaggerated sense of dignity.

1. In a self-important mannerB2formal

   Acting or speaking in a way that shows excessive self-importance or arrogance.

   Pomposamente

   • He pompously declared himself the best candidate for the job.
   • She pompously corrected everyone's grammar during the meeting.
   • The professor pompously lectured the class on his own achievements.

   Sinônimosaffectedlyarrogantlyconceitedlygrandioselyhaughtilyoverbearinglypretentiouslysmuglysuperciliouslyvainly

   Antônimoshumblymeeklymodestlyunassumingly