Antonyms for pomp
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pomp |
| Phonetic Transcription : pÉ’mp |
Definition of pomp
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French pompe "pomp, magnificence" (13c.) and directly from Latin pompa "procession, pomp," from Greek pompe "solemn procession, display," literally "a sending," from pempein "to send." In Church Latin, used in deprecatory sense for "worldly display, vain show."
- noun pageantry, display
- The Marquis had naturally expected to find him in the midst of pomp.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- The pomp of Antony's position, too, and his kingly personality pleased our poet.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Give me health and a day and I will put the pomp of emperors to shame.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
- No pomp of funeral was, indeed, necessary for such a person.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- To draw out the pomp and circumstance of opening the conference?
- Extract from : « The Outbreak of Peace » by Horace Brown Fyfe
- The pomp and magnificence of sunset were in abeyance to-night, were laid aside.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- In Spain, it is celebrated with all the pomp and ostentation imaginable.
- Extract from : « Roman Catholicism in Spain » by Anonymous
- Moved by a common impulse, they rose to their feet and fled from "Pomp and Circumstance."
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.
- Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Pomp started off at once, Redvignez following close behind him.
- Extract from : « Adrift on the Pacific » by Edward S. Ellis
Synonyms for pomp
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