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/grˌændiˈoʊs/ /grˈændiˌoʊs/ Listen

adjective

Grandiose adj.

Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; in a good sense. "The tone of the parts was to be perpetually kept down in order not to impair the grandiose effect of the whole." "The grandiose red tulips which grow wild."

Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style.

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Etymology of 'Grandiose'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Grandiose" Quotes from Famous Books

... I can only describe as the atmosphere of Infancy,—and a touching atmosphere it is too—is strengthened by keeping all the figures small and heightening this suggestion by contrast with a grandiose architecture. In both, too, the sacred scenes reveal themselves like visions unseen by the Oberriedt family, who face outward toward the altar and are supposed to be lighted by the actual lights of the church. The whole ...

— Holbein • Beatrice Fortescue

... one would believe it without proof—absolute proof." Then he leaned closer. "To me he made no such absurd claim, but from the way he talked—from his grandiose ideas, his strange philosophy, his fabulous hopes for humanity—I formed the opinion that the man is mad—not wholly mad, you understand, but touched, in one corner of the brain, by a wild hallucination. His daughter, ...

— The Destroyer - A Tale of International Intrigue • Burton Egbert Stevenson

... any ruling class has been before or since. As Shakespeare is the amplest of poets, so were theirs the most fruitful of courts. From the great Medicis to our own Elizabeth they all partake of a certain grandiose vitality and variety ...

— Albert Durer • T. Sturge Moore

... in results that he was grandiose. Hear him on the theme of a completed line, a newly-opened tunnel, or a finished viaduct—it was a Poem! Such a picture of gushing beatitude as he could paint! It was the golden age—prosperity, happiness, and peace on every side; ...

— Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General - Originally Published In Blackwood's Magazine - 1864 • Charles Lever

... dispensary. The first stage in the journey is now over. Soon a couple of cars creep quietly up. One by one the casualties are lifted in or climb in stiffly. The doctor who has come up with them chats with the M.O., and the local gossip is exchanged for the wider knowledge (or more grandiose rumours) of the field ambulance. Our Jock, who has a bullet in his chest, is lifted in. Straps are fastened securely and tarpaulins tied. 'All aboard, sir!' 'Right! Well, so long, Hadley!' 'Cheero, Scott!' The ambulances start very cautiously, and crawl up the road. It ...

— On the King's Service - Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms • Innes Logan

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