Modifies a noun

• gesture: Rather it is a gesture of defiance, a grandiose gesture, by a small man.

• ambition: Leigh and Emley moved out of choice, in order to fulfill grandiose ambitions.

• claim: Where is the evidence to support the grandiose claims of the helmet advocates?

• dream: But in response to such grandiose dreams the artist does not attempt to produce some alternative and even more grandiose dream.

• architecture: A visit to see the building's grandiose architecture is well worth it.

• vision: While the three of us certainly had grandiose visions that fall afternoon, we had little sense of the ultimate contours of the project.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: Apart from the rather grandiose idea what actually did he achieve?

• too: Jupiter square Mercury The square of Mercury with Jupiter shows a tendency to entertain ideas too grandiose for realization.

• very: To manufacturers, some of this may sound very grandiose.

• not: But for him the link is tender, not grandiose.

• suitably: With extremely atmospheric sound design and a suitably grandiose score, the success of The Roof Of The World is complete.

• somewhat: There is a zealous, enthusiastic, somewhat grandiose quality to your ambitions.

Used with adjective complement

• sound: Due to the rather high profile nature of feature film restoration, the term itself can sound quite grandiose.

• become: In modern times their efforts have become more grandiose than ever, culminating in the Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangzi above Wuhan.

• seem: Sometimes my visions of my future seemed grandiose, and therefore I judged them to be ridiculous.