Grandiose Definition

grăndē-ōs, grăndē-ōs
adjective
Having grandeur or magnificence; imposing; impressive.
Webster's New World
Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand.
A grandiose plan to develop the city's waterfront.
American Heritage
Seeming or trying to seem very important; pompous and showy.
Webster's New World

Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.

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Origin of Grandiose

  • From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand).

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Italian grandioso from grande great from Latin grandis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Grandiose Sentence Examples

  • We embarked on these car projects with grandiose visions, many as unrealistic as they were ingenious.

  • His poetry is over-decorated, and his plays are grandiose historical poems in dramatic form.

  • There is no hint in Ezekiel's writings of the grandiose conception of Isa.

  • This grandiose project was unexpectedly destroyed by the energetic resistance of Japan, who had ear-marked the Hermit Kingdom for herself, and who declared plainly that she would never tolerate the exclusive influence of Russia in Manchuria.

  • Although an enemy of idealogues, in his foreign policy Napoleon was haunted by grandiose visions.

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