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grandioseadjective large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conceptiona grandiose plan to upgrade the entire interstate highway system in 10 years august, baronial, epic, gallant, glorious, grand, heroic(also heroical), Homeric, imperial, imposing, magnific, magnificent, majestic, massive, monumental, noble, proud, regal, royal, splendid, stately colossal, monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, tremendouskingly, lordly, princely, queenlyawesome, awful, cosmic(also cosmical), sublime, wondrousformidable, impressive, prepossessing, redoubtableapocalyptic(also apocalyptical), inflated, operatic, overblown, pompousmarvelous(or marvellous), superb, terrific, wonderfulextravagant, lavish, luxurious, opulent, palatial, palatine, sumptuousgorgeous, resplendent, splendiferousextraordinary, killer, remarkable, sensational, strikingcelestial, divine, heavenly humble, unheroic, unimposing, unimpressive lowly, modest, unprepossessingaverage, common, mediocre, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, second-rateabject, mean, meretricious, shabby, sordidinsignificant, measly, paltry, petty, puny, trifling, trivial self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importancemade some grandiose claim that she was the descendant of a French princess affected, high-minded, highfalutin(also hifalutin), la-di-da(also la-de-da or lah-de-dah or lah-dee-dah or lah-di-dah), ostentatious, pompous, pretentious, snippy airy, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, high-toned, sententiousarrogant, bumptious, complacent, conceited, egoistic(also egoistical), egotistic(or egotistical), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, hoity-toity, imperious, important, overweening, presumptuous, prideful, proud, self-asserting, self-assertive, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-important, self-obsessed, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, uppity, vain, vaingloriousself-aggrandizing, self-dramatizing, self-glorifying, self-promotingcavalier, disdainful, haughty, lordly, snobbish, snobby, stuck-up, supercilious, superiorconfident, self-assured, self-confident, sureboastful, braggart, braggingaggressive, assertive, audacious, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, forward, impudent, insolent, rudeflamboyant, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glitzy, showy, splashy modest, unpretentious demure, down-to-earth, homely, humble, lowly, meek, retiring, unassertive, unassumingbashful, diffident, mousy(or mousey), overmodest, passive, quiet, reserved, shy, timid grand, magnificent, imposing, stately, majestic, grandiose mean large and impressive.grand adds to greatness of size the implications of handsomeness and dignity.a grand staircase magnificent implies an impressive largeness proportionate to scale without sacrifice of dignity or good taste.magnificent paintings imposing implies great size and dignity but especially stresses impressiveness.an imposing edifice stately may suggest poised dignity, erectness of bearing, handsomeness of proportions, ceremonious deliberation of movement.the stately procession majestic combines the implications of imposing and stately and usually adds a suggestion of solemn grandeur.a majestic waterfall grandiose implies a size or scope exceeding ordinary experiencegrandiose hydroelectric projects but is most commonly applied derogatorily to inflated pretension or absurd exaggeration.grandiose schemes in 1818 |