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English

Adjective

grandiose

  1. large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
  2. pompous or pretentious


Translations


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Italian

Adjective

grandiose

  1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

The grandiose red tulips which grow wild. --C.
Kingsley.
[1913 Webster]

2. Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor;
flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a
grandiose style.
[1913 Webster]
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


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