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- DictionaryGran·di·ose/ˈɡrandēˌōs/
adjective
- 1. impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so: "the court's grandiose facade"
The meaning of GRANDIOSE is characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration. How to use grandiose in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Grandiose.
Grandiose definition: affectedly grand or important; pompous. See examples of GRANDIOSE used in a sentence.
GRANDIOSE definition: 1. larger and containing more detail than necessary, or intended to seem important or great: 2…. Learn more.
very large or wonderful, or intended to seem great and important: grandiose buildings. grandiose plans. (Definition of grandiose from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of grandiose.
Synonyms for GRANDIOSE: magnificent, epic, glorious, imposing, majestic, grand, massive, monumental; Antonyms of GRANDIOSE: humble, modest, unimpressive, ordinary, unprepossessing, common, unheroic, lowly.
Definitions of grandiose. adjective. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval. synonyms: impressive. making a strong or vivid impression. adjective. affectedly genteel. synonyms: hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da. pretentious.
/ˈɡrændiəʊs/ (disapproving) seeming very impressive but too large, complicated, expensive, etc. to be practical or possible. The grandiose scheme for a journey across the desert came to nothing. a grandiose opera house. He could no longer live the grandiose lifestyle to which he had become accustomed. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
If you describe something as grandiose, you mean it is bigger or more elaborate than necessary.
large or detailed and made to appear important, often in an unnecessary and annoying way: grandiose plans.
Define grandiose. grandiose synonyms, grandiose pronunciation, grandiose translation, English dictionary definition of grandiose. adj. 1. Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand: a grandiose plan to develop the city's waterfront. 2. Characterized by excessive...
