grandiose

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
    affectedly genteel

Word Origin

grandiose (adj.)
1828 (earlier as a French word in English), from French grandiose "impressive, grand in effect" (18c.), from Italian grandioso (which also was borrowed directly into English as a musical term), from Latin grandis "big" (see grand (adj.)). Related: Grandiosely.

Example

1. Daddy wanted to keep little sister in a grandiose closet .
2. Such impressiveness usually takes the form of truly grandiose realism .
3. Mr modi has ever more grandiose plans .
4. And third , india has had its own controversial grandiose projects , including dams .
5. The phrase gestures towards grandiose achievement that is out of reach for almost everybody .

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