Splendid vs Pompous - What's the difference?
splendid | pompous | Related terms |
Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun.
Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant.
brilliant, excellent, of a very high standard
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Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
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Splendid is a related term of pompous.
As adjectives the difference between splendid and pompous
is that splendid is possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun while pompous is affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.splendid
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Hart had to make two splendid saves as Van Persie and Di María took aim and Fellaini should really have done better with a headed chance.
Synonyms
* great * magnificent * marvellousDerived terms
* splendidnessAnagrams
*pompous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous , and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Sedley did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief."