Grandiose

What do we mean by grandiose?

Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand. adjective

Characterized by excessive self-importance or affected grandeur; pompous. adjective

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.

Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; -- in a good sense. adjective

Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense. adjective

Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent adjective

Pompous or pretentious adjective

Affectedly genteel adjective

Impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval adjective

Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent

Pompous or pretentious

Words that are spelled similarly to grandiose:
grandiose, grandioso, grandiosa, grandis, granulose, grandine.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word grandiose:
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Words that rhyme with grandiose:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective grandiose:
plans, schemes, scheme, self, ideas, plan, delusions, scale, projects, claims, dreams, project, style, fantasies, ambitions, vision, conception, sense, visions, title, manner, terms, idea, gesture, expectations, promises, buildings, dream, name, designs, image, notions, design, magnifique, structure, character, proportions, gestures, statements, fantasy, building, conceptions, spectacle, claim, aspirations, goals, program, view, titles, attempt, ambition, concept, architecture, theories, pretensions, hopes, rhetoric, monuments, delusion, monument, fashion, images, aims, illusions, structures, works, thinking, thoughts, display, picture, palace, phrases, statement, programs, setting, notion, proposals, objectives, themes, feelings, edifice, programme, names, quality.

Words that sound like grandiose:
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