adj. large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
adj. pompous or pretentious
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; -- in a good sense.
adj. Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Impressive from inherent grandeur; grand in effect; magnificent; imposing.
Characterized by self-display or bombast; vulgarly showy or flaunting; grandiloquent; swollen; turgid: as, a grandiose style.
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adj. affectedly genteel
adj. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
Word Usage
"But Wednesday's speech - which Gingrich himself called "grandiose" - could actually resonate politically in Florida, where space exploration is good politics 14 miles away from Cape Canaveral."