pompous

It started last Friday when Wolff described Alter in his online Newser column as “the most pompous man in American journalism.”

One can almost hear a eulogist winding himself up to strike his eulogy that comes out sententious, pompous, and full of self.

The pompous official drew near, and looked over his shoulder at the card.

He has no sentiment beyond a dudish and pompous admiration for himself, and he covets every hen he sees.

He is a pompous sham, who wants taking down, said the gilded youth.

He took up Ward's pompous remarks and made jokes of them, so that that young divine chafed and almost choked over his great meals.