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grandiose
[ gran-dee-ohs, gran-dee-ohs ]
adjective
- affectedly grand or important; pompous:
grandiose words.
Synonyms: extravagant, high-flown, splashy, flamboyant, affected, pretentious
- more complicated or elaborate than necessary; overblown:
a grandiose scheme.
- grand in an imposing or impressive way.
- Psychiatry. having an exaggerated belief in one's importance, sometimes reaching delusional proportions, and occurring as a common symptom of mental illnesses, as manic disorder.
grandiose
/ ˌɡrændɪˈɒsɪtɪ; ˈɡrændɪˌəʊs /
adjective
- pretentiously grand or stately
- imposing in conception or execution
Derived Forms
- grandiosity, noun
- ˈgrandiˌosely, adverb
Other Words From
- gran·di·ose·ly adverb
- gran·di·ose·ness gran·di·os·i·ty [gran-dee-, os, -i-tee], noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of grandiose1
Word History and Origins
Origin of grandiose1
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Example Sentences
Instead, elected officials and bureaucrats offer grandiose ideas, like making the Olympics car-free or closing off Wilshire Boulevard where it cuts through MacArthur Park.
It's why their love story is so grandiose in his head.
Still, Harris’ plan is head and shoulders above the grandiose but gaseous promises Trump has offered.
Sir David Lean, the Oscar-winning director whose grandiose epics over six decades often made him a bigger star than many of his actors, died Tuesday in London.
This felt like a different party, not simply defensive or grandiose, but seriously hopeful and energetic without being psychologically manic.
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