grandiose
/ɡɹæn.diˈəʊs/US/ɡɹæn.diˈoʊs/
grandiose adjective: large and impressive in size, scope or extent.
Adjective
grandiose (comparative more grandiose, superlative most grandiose)
- Large and impressive in size, scope or extent.
- Independence does not need to be a grandiose process of disconnection and severing ties.2019 March 6, Nalini Mohabir, “Renaming the Cook Islands would be a vital step towards true independence”, in The Guardian
- Pompous or pretentious.
- There is a station here, of course, opened as Didcot in June 1844 and renamed as the more grandiose-sounding Didcot Parkway in July 1985.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60
- magnificent or spectacular.
grandiose meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
grandiose in Urdu
- عالی نما, بلند, نمائشی, پرآب تاب, شاندار
grandiose in Bengali
- সুবিশাল, আড়ম্বরপূর্ণ, জাঁকাল, বাগাড়ম্বরপূর্ণ
grandiose in Malayalam
- grand, magnificent, impressive
- ഗംഭീരമായ, പ്രൗഢിയേറിയ, അതിപ്രൗഢ, പ്രതാപമുള്ള, സാംഡംബരമായ, മഹനീയമായ
- ambitious, bold, overambitious
- ഗംഭീരമായ, അതിമോഹപരമായ, സ്വപ്ന, അഭിമാനകരമായ, പ്രതീക്ഷാഭരിതമായ, വലിയ പ്രതീക്ഷയോടെയുള്ള
grandiose in Kannada
- ಮಹತ್ತಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುವ, ಮಹತ್ವಪೂರ್ಣವಾದ, ಮಹಾನ್ ಉದ್ದೇಶದ, ಆಡಂಬರದ, ದೊಡ್ಡದಾಗಿ ತೋರುವ, ಢಾಂಬಿಕ
Examples of grandiose in a sentence
- So the grandiose ambitions of the tsarevny’s fathers led to lifelong spinsterhood for them.
- He found a group of patients showing no hallucinations, but being depressed, grandiose, maniacal, or fabricatory.
- The Latte Liberals emphasize quietude and living in harmony with the environment, not the grandiose or Faustian or Dionysian passions.
Forms of grandiose
| comparative | more grandiose |
|---|---|
| superlative | most grandiose |
Origin of grandiose
From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Possibly from grand + -ose, though to be debated. Doublet of grandioso.
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Words that rhyme with grandiose
Questions about grandiose
- What does grandiose mean?
- Grandiose means large and impressive in size, scope or extent.
- What is grandiose in Urdu?
- Grandiose in Urdu is عالی نما, بلند, نمائشی. See Grandiose meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is grandiose?
- Grandiose is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce grandiose?
- Grandiose is pronounced /ɡɹæn.diˈəʊs/ (UK).
Words near grandiose in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grandiose (page history and authors); grandiose (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grandiose (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grandiose (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); grandiose (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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