See pompous on Wiktionary
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "whakaī"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "pompøs"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "høyttravende"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "pompøs"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "høgttråvande"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "poršokuh",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "پرشکوه"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "pomposo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "pompos"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pompéznyj",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "помпе́зный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "napýščennyj",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "напы́щенный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadutyj",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "надутый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "majestuoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "pomposo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "grandilocuente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "altisonante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "altísono"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "rimbombante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "campanudo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "hinchado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "affectedly grand",
"word": "pompös"
}
],
"word": "pompous"
}
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