pompous / look up to

(personleft) + (clown posse)
★★★☆☆
6 strokes
BETA

Onyomi

GYOU

GEE, YOU're pompous!

Mnemonic

The person in the clown posse band was very pompous.

Jukugo

仰々しい(ぎょうぎょうしい)

pompous ★★☆☆☆

someone who is too formal, pompous, high-falutin'. You're like "Hi, dude!" and they're like "Salutations, my good man! Verily the sun doth shine like the Emperor's benign gaze upon this blessed land!"

仰天(ぎょうてん) する

flabbergasted ★☆☆☆☆
(pompous / look up to) + (heaven) = 仰天 (flabbergasted )

to be flabbergasted - in a good way OR a bad way.

信仰(しんこう)

religious faith ☆☆☆☆☆
(believe) + (pompous / look up to) = 信仰 (religious faith)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
go to pick someone up MOVE
pompous / look up to PERSON
suppress HAND

I MOVE my ass to the airport to pick you up. But you are a pompous PERSON, so I put my HAND over my mouth to suppress a laugh.

Synonyms

believe in
信じる    信仰   
pretentious or arrogant
気取りや    尊大    いい気 になってる    いばってる xxx振ってる    自惚れ    仰々しい    横柄な