Grandiose

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand. See Synonyms at grand.
  • adj. Characterized by feigned or affected grandeur; pompous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. affectedly genteel
  • adj. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
  • Equivalent
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    imposing    splendid    striking    flaunting    turgid    bombastic   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gross    Grosz    adios    arkose    bowse    close    diagnose    dos    dose    engross   
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