# 仰 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 ★☆☆☆☆ 仰 (pompous / look up to) + 天 (heaven) = 仰天 (flabbergasted ) to be flabbergasted - in a good way OR a bad way.
信仰(しんこう) | religious faith ☆☆☆☆☆ 信 (believe) + 仰 (pompous / look up to) = 信仰 (religious faith)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
迎 | go to pick someone up | MOVE |
仰 | pompous / look up to | PERSON | 人
抑 | suppress | HAND | 手

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