grandiose
pronunciation
How to pronounce grandiose in British English: UK [ˈgrændiəʊs]
How to pronounce grandiose in American English: US [ˈgrændioʊs]
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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 .