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grandiose

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Adjective
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gran=di=ose

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective grandiose has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

grandiosea. [F. grandiose, It. grandioso. See Grand.].
  •  Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; -- in a good sense.  [1913 Webster]
    "The tone of the parts was to be perpetually kept down in order not to impair the grandiose effect of the whole."  [1913 Webster]
    "The grandiose red tulips which grow wild."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

grandiose, adj.
1 producing or meant to produce an imposing effect.
2 planned on an ambitious or magnificent scale.

Derivative
grandiosely adv. grandiosity n.
Etymology
F f. It. grandioso (as GRAND, -OSE(1))

THESAURUS

grandiose

Babylonian, Corinthian, Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, ambitious, august, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, bedizened, big-sounding, bombastic, convoluted, cosmic, declamatory, deluxe, elaborate, elegant, elevated, euphuistic, extravagant, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flaming, flash, flashy, flaunting, florid, fulsome, fustian, garish, gaudy, glorious, grand, grandiloquent, grandisonant, high-flowing, high-flown, high-flying, high-sounding, highfalutin, histrionic, imposing, impressive, inflated, inkhorn, labyrinthine, lexiphanic, lofty, lordly, lurid, luxurious, magnificent, magniloquent, majestic, melodramatic, meretricious, monumental, noble, orotund, ostentatious, overambitious, overdone, overelaborate, overinvolved, overwhelming, overwrought, palatial, pedantic, plush, pompous, posh, pretentious, princely, proud, rhetorical, ritzy, royal, sensational, sensationalistic, sententious, showy, sonorous, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, stately, stilted, sumptuous, superb, superfancy, superfine, swank, swanky, swell, tall, tortuous, unfathomable, utopian, vast, visionary

ROGET THESAURUS

grandiose

Ornament

N ornament, floridness c, adj, turgidity, turgescence, altiloquence, declamation, teratology, well-rounded periods, elegance, orotundity, inversion, antithesis, alliteration, paronomasia, figurativeness, flourish, flowers of speech, flowers of rhetoric, frills of style, euphuism, euphemism, big-sounding words, high-sounding words, macrology, sesquipedalia verba, Alexandrine, inflation, pretension, rant, bombast, fustian, prose run mad, fine writing, sesquipedality, Minerva press, phrasemonger, euphuist, euphemist, ornament, beautified, ornate, florid, rich, flowery, euphuistic, euphemistic, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, inflated, swelling, tumid, turgid, turgescent, pedantic, pompous, stilted, orotund, high flown, high flowing, sententious, rhetorical, declamatory, grandiose, grandiloquent, magniloquent, altiloquent, sesquipedal, sesquipedalian, Johnsonian, mouthy, bombastic, fustian, frothy, flashy, flaming, antithetical, alliterative, figurative, artificial, ore rutundo, ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art, ornature, ornateness, adornment, decoration, embellishment, architecture, jewelry, garnish, polish, varnish, French polish, veneer, japanning, lacquer, gilding, plating, ormolu, enamel, cloisonn_e, cosmetics (in general), makeup, eye shadow, rouge, face powder, lipstick, blush, pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting, detail, repousse (convexity), texture, richness, tracery, molding, fillet, listel, strapwork, coquillage, flourish, fleur-de-lis, arabesque, fret, anthemion, egg and tongue, egg and dart, astragal, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche, pilaster, bead, beading, champleve ware, cloisonne ware, frost work, Moresque, Morisco, tooling, embroidery, brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming, hanging, tapestry, arras, millinery, ermine, drap d'or, wreath, festoon, garland, chaplet, flower, nosegay, bouquet, posy, daisies pied and violets blue, tassel knot, shoulder knot, apaulette, epaulet, aigulet, frog, star, rosette, bow, feather, plume, pompom, panache, aigrette, finery, frippery, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, spangle, clinquant, pinchbeck, paste, excess of ornament, gaud, pride, illustration, illumination, vignette, fleuron, head piece, tail piece, cul-de-lampe, flowers of rhetoric, work of art, ornamented, beautified, ornate, rich, gilt, begilt, tesselated, festooned, champleve, cloisonne, topiary, smart, gay, trickly, flowery, glittering, new gilt, new spangled, fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a fivepence, fine as a carrot fresh scraped, pranked out, bedight, well-groomed, in full dress, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, dressed to advantage, in Sunday best, en grand tenue, en grande toilette, in best bib and tucker, endimanche, showy, flashy, gaudy, garish, gairish, gorgeous, ornamental, decorative, becoming.

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