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grandiose [ˈgrændɪˌəʊs] adj
1. pretentiously grand or stately 2. imposing in conception or execution [from French, from Italian grandioso, from grande great; see grand] grandiosely adv grandiosity [ˌgrændɪˈɒsɪtɪ] n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
grandiose adjective 1. pretentious, ambitious, extravagant, flamboyant, high-flown, pompous, showy, ostentatious, bombastic Not one of his grandiose plans has ever come to anything. pretentious down-to-earth, unpretentious 2. imposing, grand, impressive, magnificent, majestic, stately, monumental, lofty the grandiose building which housed the mayor's offices imposing modest, humble, small-scale Translations grandiose [ˈgrændɪəʊz] ADJ grandiose adj (= impressive) house, speech, ambition → grandios (also pej), → großartig; (pej: = pompous) person, style → schwülstig, bombastisch (inf); idea, plan → grandios, hochfliegend; claim → großspurig grandiose [ˈgrændɪəʊz] adj → grandioso/a (pej) → pomposo/a grandiose [ˈgrændɪəʊz] adj → grandioso/a (pej) → pomposo/a adj grandiose [ˈgrӕndiəus] impressive to an excessive or foolish degree He produced several grandiose schemes for a holiday resort but no resort was ever built. grootse, grandiose فَخْم، عَظيم величествен grandiózní storladen; grandios großartig πομπώδης, μεγαλοπρεπής grandioso, imponente; ambicioso; exagerado suurejooneline پر زرق برق؛ بلند پروازانه suurellinen grandiose גְרַנדִיוֹזִי, יוֹמרָנִי भव्य, आडम्बरपूर्ण grandiozan, veličajan nagyszerű hebat mikilfenglegur grandioso 大げさな 웅장한 grandiozinis grandiozs; pārspīlēts terlalu hebat grandioos pompøs, grandios pretensjonalny grandioso grandios грандиозный grandiózny veličasten grandiozan storstilad, storvulen, grandios ยิ่งใหญ่ gösterişli, heybetli 鋪張的,浮誇的 грандіозний, величний رعب دار vĩ đại 夸大的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It was not a love of the grandiose or the prestige attached to the command of great tonnage, for he continued, with an air of disgust and contempt, "Why, you get flung out of your bunk as likely as not in any sort of heavy weather. For his background he has chosen, has made his own and conveys very vividly to his readers, a district of France, gloomy, in spite of its almonds, its [123] oil and wine, but certainly grandiose. Such men will well understand the lancinating pains of the cancer which was now consuming Athanase; they have gone through those long and bitter deliberations made in presence of some grandiose purpose they had not the means to carry out; they have endured those secret miscarriages in which the fructifying seed of genius falls on arid soil. |
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