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English

Adjective

grandiose

large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
pompous or pretentious

Translations

Spanish: grandioso

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Italian

Adjective

grandiose

Feminine plural form of grandioso

Category:Italian adjective forms

fa:grandiose fr:grandiose io:grandiose it:grandiose pl:grandiose ru:grandiose vi:grandiose zh:grandiose

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Grandiose \Gran"di*ose"\, a. [F. grandiose, It. grandioso. See
Grand.]
1. Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid;
striking; -- in a good sense.
[1913 Webster]

The tone of the parts was to be perpetually kept
down in order not to impair the grandiose effect of
the whole. --M. Arnold.
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The grandiose red tulips which grow wild. --C.
Kingsley.
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2. Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor;
flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a
grandiose style.
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WordNet grandiose
adj 1: impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur;
used to show disapproval
2: affectedly genteel [syn: hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting,
hoity-toity, la-di-da]

Moby Dictionary
Babylonian , Corinthian , Gongoresque , Johnsonian , affected ,
ambitious , august , awe-inspiring , awful , barbaric , bedizened ,
big-sounding , bombastic , convoluted , cosmic , declamatory , deluxe ,
elaborate , elegant , elevated , euphuistic , extravagant , fancy , fine ,
flamboyant , flaming , flash , flashy , flaunting , florid , fulsome ,
fustian , garish , gaudy , glorious , grand , grandiloquent ,
grandisonant , high-flowing , high-flown , high-flying , high-sounding ,
highfalutin , histrionic , imposing , impressive , inflated , inkhorn ,
labyrinthine , lexiphanic , lofty , lordly , lurid , luxurious ,
magnificent , magniloquent , majestic , melodramatic , meretricious ,
monumental , noble , orotund , ostentatious , overambitious , overdone ,
overelaborate , overinvolved , overwhelming , overwrought , palatial ,
pedantic , plush , pompous , posh , pretentious , princely , proud ,
rhetorical , ritzy , royal , sensational , sensationalistic ,
sententious , showy , sonorous , splendacious , splendid ,
splendiferous , stately , stilted , sumptuous , superb , superfancy ,
superfine , swank , swanky , swell , tall , tortuous , unfathomable ,
utopian , vast , visionary