| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | affected | artificially refined or showy |
| 2. | arrogant | overbearingly proud and superior |
| 3. | attention-seeking | trying to impress conspicuously |
| 4. | bigheaded | too proud of oneself |
| 5. | bloated | swollen with exaggerated importance |
| 6. | boastful | showing off one’s importance |
| 7. | bombastic | high-sounding but inflated |
| 8. | bragging | talking proudly about oneself |
| 9. | cavalier | dismissively superior and arrogant |
| 10. | ceremonious | overly formal and stiff |
| 11. | circumlocutory | using roundabout grand language |
| 12. | commanding | projecting superior authority |
| 13. | conceited | excessively proud of oneself |
| 14. | condescending | talking down to others |
| 15. | contemptuous | showing arrogant disdain |
| 16. | didactic | overly instructive and superior |
| 17. | disdainful | showing scornful superiority |
| 18. | dogmatic | asserting opinions arrogantly as facts |
| 19. | domineering | overbearing and arrogantly controlling |
| 20. | egotistical | excessively focused on oneself |
| 21. | elaborate | more ornate than necessary |
| 22. | elevated | lofty in tone or style |
| 23. | elitist | regarding oneself as superior |
| 24. | exclusive | snobbishly selective and superior |
| 25. | florid | overly elaborate and flowery |
| 26. | flowery | using too many fancy words |
| 27. | formalistic | rigidly devoted to form |
| 28. | full of oneself | too impressed with oneself |
| 29. | fustian | pompously inflated in language |
| 30. | genteel | affectedly refined and polite |
| 31. | grand | impressively self-important |
| 32. | grandiose | impressively exaggerated and overblown |
| 33. | grandstanding | showily seeking importance |
| 34. | haughty | arrogantly superior in manner |
| 35. | high-and-mighty | arrogantly superior and self-important |
| 36. | high-minded | morally superior and lofty |
| 37. | high-toned | affectedly refined and superior |
| 38. | highfalutin | showily lofty and pretentious |
| 39. | hoity-toity | haughtily affected and superior |
| 40. | holier-than-thou | morally smug and superior |
| 41. | imperious | commanding in an arrogant way |
| 42. | imposing | grand and commanding attention |
| 43. | inflated | exaggerated in importance or style |
| 44. | insufferable | annoyingly arrogant and self-important |
| 45. | labored | strained and overly elaborate |
| 46. | long-winded | tediously wordy and grand |
| 47. | lordlike | acting superior and commanding |
| 48. | lordly | proudly superior and commanding |
| 49. | magisterial | authoritative and grandly dignified |
| 50. | magniloquent | using grand, lofty language |
| 51. | mannered | artificially stylized in behavior |
| 52. | moralizing | preachily superior in tone |
| 53. | narcissistic | excessively self-admiring |
| 54. | obnoxious | offensively self-important |
| 55. | oracular | speaking with lofty authority |
| 56. | orotund | pompously lofty in speech |
| 57. | ostentatious | showily grand and pretentious |
| 58. | overbearing | arrogantly domineering and forceful |
| 59. | overblown | exaggerated and self-important |
| 60. | overelaborate | too detailed and ornate |
| 61. | patronizing | showing superior condescension |
| 62. | pedantic | showing off learning smugly |
| 63. | periphrastic | using unnecessarily elaborate wording |
| 64. | pontifical | speaking with arrogant authority |
| 65. | portentous | self-consciously weighty and grand |
| 66. | posed | deliberately affected or unnatural |
| 67. | pretentious | trying to seem more important |
| 68. | priggish | smugly moral and superior |
| 69. | puffed-up | inflated with self-importance |
| 70. | purple | overly ornate in style |
| 71. | ritualistic | overly ceremonial and formal |
| 72. | scornful | openly contemptuous and superior |
| 73. | self-aggrandizing | making oneself seem important |
| 74. | self-conceited | too impressed with oneself |
| 75. | self-important | having an exaggerated sense of importance |
| 76. | sententious | self-important and moralizing |
| 77. | showy | designed to impress others |
| 78. | smug | annoyingly self-satisfied and superior |
| 79. | snobbish | acting superior to others |
| 80. | snooty | showing snobbish superiority |
| 81. | stately | grand and ceremonious |
| 82. | stilted | unnaturally formal and stiff |
| 83. | stuffy | overly formal and self-important |
| 84. | supercilious | disdainfully proud and superior |
| 85. | swaggering | showing arrogant confidence |
| 86. | theatrical | overdramatic and affected |
| 87. | toffee-nosed | snobbishly superior and affected |
| 88. | toney | fashionably superior and exclusive |
| 89. | too grand | acting superior and important |
| 90. | trumpeting | loudly proclaiming one’s importance |
| 91. | turgid | swollen and overblown in style |
| 92. | upper-crust | snobbishly aristocratic and superior |
| 93. | uppity | arrogantly self-important |
| 94. | vain | too proud of appearance |
| 95. | vainglorious | boastfully proud of oneself |
| 96. | vaunting | boastfully praising oneself |
| 97. | verbose | using too many grand words |
| 98. | weighty | self-consciously important or serious |
| 99. | windy | wordy and self-important |
| 100. | wordy | using more words than needed |