ˈfeɪtfəl ɡɹænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt ˈpɒmpəs ˈpɑmpəs pɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛntəs pɹəˈdɪd͡ʒəs puffed up with vanity a grandiloquent and boastful manner overblown oratory a pompous speech pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey ominously prophetic of momentous or ominous significance such a portentous … monster raised all my curiosity a prodigious vision