Definition of grandiose in English:

grandiose

adjective ˈɡrandɪəʊs

1Extravagantly or pretentiously imposing in appearance or style.
the court's grandiose facade
Example sentencesExamples
- They built extravagant houses, opened grandiose museums and spent not just one, but several, fortunes on art.
- Though the facade was listed and couldn't be altered, the inside had not been decorated in the grandiose style of some of its neighbours.
- Bach came of age as a Lutheran composer at the height of the baroque period, a time of grandiose, richly ornamented architecture and music.
- His successes are commemorated in a number of grandiose effigies, triumphal arches, vast frescoes and victory columns.
- In the process, what was a simple shrine became a grandiose temple.
- As the claimant to China's political and cultural heritage, they have built in a grandiose classical style.
- A few steps and a porch with classical columns lead to the outer storm doors which themselves in turn open on to an grandiose entrance vestibule.
- Here, Lizzie pretends to be Isabella at an outrageously grandiose dress designer's studio.
Synonyms
magnificent, impressive, grand, imposing, awe-inspiring, splendid, resplendent, superb, striking, monumental, majestic, glorious, elaborate
palatial, stately, large
luxurious, lavish, opulent
informal plush, classy, swanky, flashy, flash
1. 1.1 Conceived on a very grand or ambitious scale.
  grandiose plans to reform the world
  Example sentencesExamples
  Now not all sequencing projects are carried out on such grandiose scales as the genome projects.
  The latest in a long line of grandiose schemes that have promised to revitalise the city are taking the first steps towards becoming a reality this week.
  Then there are these grandiose building projects because, they say, the Granville Street offices are no longer adequate.
  We always tend to forget the simple fact that we can make no progress if a majority of us remain unaffected by our grandiose developmental efforts.
  Where better to locate a grandiose businessman with small-town pretensions, brazen ambition and borderline criminality?
  Sure, the trick may have been done before, but never has it been done on such a grandiose scale.
  Sheridan's initial misgivings about involvement with theatre soon gave way to grandiose ambition.
  Most grandiose of all was his plan to convert a small fishing village called Jerudong into a playground both for the royal family and tourists.
  But those dreams continue, with grandiose plans for dams along the length of the river and its tributaries.
  If nothing else, this current council has shown that it is incapable of spending public money wisely once it's swept up in a grandiose plan.
  And he has grandiose plans for a multi-million pound visitor centre that would be the last word in UFOs and the paranormal.
  It is likely that the government had grandiose plans for that region.
  We are well aware of the grandiose plans that are conjured, supported and implemented by politicians on entering office.
  On the one hand we are told about grandiose plans for city status, an arena, a redeveloped theatre complex, a new cultural quarter and links to the Tube.
  It, like so many other grandiose schemes of the mid-1990s, has been cut down to size by the crisis.
  There is a continuous need to control urges to enter grandiose schemes and avoid ostentatious manners.
  So much for grandiose plans to transform Europe into the world's most dynamic and competitive economy by 2010.
  Don't be discouraged when your grandiose plans fail on the first attempt.
  He thought and wrote in grandiose terms, in a style that has now gone out of fashion, and that would be censored by our scientific journals!
  He also announced grandiose plans of sending engineers, technicians and drivers to Japan for advanced training.
  Synonyms
  ambitious, bold, epic, big
  overambitious, ostentatious, showy, extravagant, high-flown, high-sounding, flamboyant
  informal over the top, OTT

Derivatives

grandiosely

adverb

On an unexpected impulse he stopped at the closet he grandiosely called his ‘computer room’ and logged onto his E-mail account.’
Example sentencesExamples
- This huge, complex and grandiosely sited castle deserves a lengthy visit, and also the rest of the green Wye valley can show its medieval hidden treasures, first of all the marvelous Tintern Abbey.
- It is a body of journalists which is attempting - rather grandiosely some might think - to be a player in the region.
- He considers the three of them to be a team, which he grandiosely calls The Three Musketeers.
- It was even described, rather grandiosely, as a new’ Singapore of the south ’, by the governor of the day.

grandiosity

noun ɡrandɪˈɒsɪtiˌɡrændiˈɑsədi

mass noun

1The quality of being impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially preteniously so.
it had a grandiosity of scale and opulence that set it apart from neighbouring cities
1. 1.1 Pompous superiority or pretentiouness.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘I don't have any feelings of grandiosity,’ he says.
- Although he's among the most successful and best-regarded action-figure sculptors in the world, Kiwus isn't given to flights of grandiosity about his work.
- The success, if it is painted on the life of a person who has not gone through a struggle, there is an attitude of grandiosity and superiority that taints success.
- he was self-absorbed and prone to grandiosity

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French, from Italian grandioso, from grande 'grand'.

Definition of grandiose in US English:

grandiose

adjective

1Impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so.
the court's grandiose facade
Example sentencesExamples
- They built extravagant houses, opened grandiose museums and spent not just one, but several, fortunes on art.
- Though the facade was listed and couldn't be altered, the inside had not been decorated in the grandiose style of some of its neighbours.
- A few steps and a porch with classical columns lead to the outer storm doors which themselves in turn open on to an grandiose entrance vestibule.
- As the claimant to China's political and cultural heritage, they have built in a grandiose classical style.
- In the process, what was a simple shrine became a grandiose temple.
- Bach came of age as a Lutheran composer at the height of the baroque period, a time of grandiose, richly ornamented architecture and music.
- Here, Lizzie pretends to be Isabella at an outrageously grandiose dress designer's studio.
- His successes are commemorated in a number of grandiose effigies, triumphal arches, vast frescoes and victory columns.
Synonyms
magnificent, impressive, grand, imposing, awe-inspiring, splendid, resplendent, superb, striking, monumental, majestic, glorious, elaborate
1. 1.1 Excessively grand or ambitious.
  grandiose plans to reform the world
  Example sentencesExamples
  And he has grandiose plans for a multi-million pound visitor centre that would be the last word in UFOs and the paranormal.
  He also announced grandiose plans of sending engineers, technicians and drivers to Japan for advanced training.
  But those dreams continue, with grandiose plans for dams along the length of the river and its tributaries.
  Sure, the trick may have been done before, but never has it been done on such a grandiose scale.
  So much for grandiose plans to transform Europe into the world's most dynamic and competitive economy by 2010.
  He thought and wrote in grandiose terms, in a style that has now gone out of fashion, and that would be censored by our scientific journals!
  The latest in a long line of grandiose schemes that have promised to revitalise the city are taking the first steps towards becoming a reality this week.
  There is a continuous need to control urges to enter grandiose schemes and avoid ostentatious manners.
  Don't be discouraged when your grandiose plans fail on the first attempt.
  Then there are these grandiose building projects because, they say, the Granville Street offices are no longer adequate.
  It, like so many other grandiose schemes of the mid-1990s, has been cut down to size by the crisis.
  Sheridan's initial misgivings about involvement with theatre soon gave way to grandiose ambition.
  Where better to locate a grandiose businessman with small-town pretensions, brazen ambition and borderline criminality?
  Most grandiose of all was his plan to convert a small fishing village called Jerudong into a playground both for the royal family and tourists.
  We are well aware of the grandiose plans that are conjured, supported and implemented by politicians on entering office.
  It is likely that the government had grandiose plans for that region.
  If nothing else, this current council has shown that it is incapable of spending public money wisely once it's swept up in a grandiose plan.
  We always tend to forget the simple fact that we can make no progress if a majority of us remain unaffected by our grandiose developmental efforts.
  On the one hand we are told about grandiose plans for city status, an arena, a redeveloped theatre complex, a new cultural quarter and links to the Tube.
  Now not all sequencing projects are carried out on such grandiose scales as the genome projects.
  Synonyms
  ambitious, bold, epic, big

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French, from Italian grandioso, from grande ‘grand’.

单词	grandiose
释义	Definition of grandiose in English: grandiose adjective ˈɡrandɪəʊs 1Extravagantly or pretentiously imposing in appearance or style. the court's grandiose facade Example sentencesExamples They built extravagant houses, opened grandiose museums and spent not just one, but several, fortunes on art. Though the facade was listed and couldn't be altered, the inside had not been decorated in the grandiose style of some of its neighbours. Bach came of age as a Lutheran composer at the height of the baroque period, a time of grandiose, richly ornamented architecture and music. His successes are commemorated in a number of grandiose effigies, triumphal arches, vast frescoes and victory columns. In the process, what was a simple shrine became a grandiose temple. As the claimant to China's political and cultural heritage, they have built in a grandiose classical style. A few steps and a porch with classical columns lead to the outer storm doors which themselves in turn open on to an grandiose entrance vestibule. Here, Lizzie pretends to be Isabella at an outrageously grandiose dress designer's studio. Synonyms magnificent, impressive, grand, imposing, awe-inspiring, splendid, resplendent, superb, striking, monumental, majestic, glorious, elaborate palatial, stately, large luxurious, lavish, opulent informal plush, classy, swanky, flashy, flash 1.1 Conceived on a very grand or ambitious scale. grandiose plans to reform the world Example sentencesExamples Now not all sequencing projects are carried out on such grandiose scales as the genome projects. The latest in a long line of grandiose schemes that have promised to revitalise the city are taking the first steps towards becoming a reality this week. Then there are these grandiose building projects because, they say, the Granville Street offices are no longer adequate. We always tend to forget the simple fact that we can make no progress if a majority of us remain unaffected by our grandiose developmental efforts. Where better to locate a grandiose businessman with small-town pretensions, brazen ambition and borderline criminality? Sure, the trick may have been done before, but never has it been done on such a grandiose scale. Sheridan's initial misgivings about involvement with theatre soon gave way to grandiose ambition. Most grandiose of all was his plan to convert a small fishing village called Jerudong into a playground both for the royal family and tourists. But those dreams continue, with grandiose plans for dams along the length of the river and its tributaries. If nothing else, this current council has shown that it is incapable of spending public money wisely once it's swept up in a grandiose plan. And he has grandiose plans for a multi-million pound visitor centre that would be the last word in UFOs and the paranormal. It is likely that the government had grandiose plans for that region. We are well aware of the grandiose plans that are conjured, supported and implemented by politicians on entering office. On the one hand we are told about grandiose plans for city status, an arena, a redeveloped theatre complex, a new cultural quarter and links to the Tube. It, like so many other grandiose schemes of the mid-1990s, has been cut down to size by the crisis. There is a continuous need to control urges to enter grandiose schemes and avoid ostentatious manners. So much for grandiose plans to transform Europe into the world's most dynamic and competitive economy by 2010. Don't be discouraged when your grandiose plans fail on the first attempt. He thought and wrote in grandiose terms, in a style that has now gone out of fashion, and that would be censored by our scientific journals! He also announced grandiose plans of sending engineers, technicians and drivers to Japan for advanced training. Synonyms ambitious, bold, epic, big overambitious, ostentatious, showy, extravagant, high-flown, high-sounding, flamboyant informal over the top, OTT Derivatives grandiosely adverb On an unexpected impulse he stopped at the closet he grandiosely called his ‘computer room’ and logged onto his E-mail account.’ Example sentencesExamples This huge, complex and grandiosely sited castle deserves a lengthy visit, and also the rest of the green Wye valley can show its medieval hidden treasures, first of all the marvelous Tintern Abbey. It is a body of journalists which is attempting - rather grandiosely some might think - to be a player in the region. He considers the three of them to be a team, which he grandiosely calls The Three Musketeers. It was even described, rather grandiosely, as a new’ Singapore of the south ’, by the governor of the day. grandiosity noun ɡrandɪˈɒsɪtiˌɡrændiˈɑsədi mass noun 1The quality of being impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially preteniously so. it had a grandiosity of scale and opulence that set it apart from neighbouring cities 1.1 Pompous superiority or pretentiouness. Example sentencesExamples ‘I don't have any feelings of grandiosity,’ he says. Although he's among the most successful and best-regarded action-figure sculptors in the world, Kiwus isn't given to flights of grandiosity about his work. The success, if it is painted on the life of a person who has not gone through a struggle, there is an attitude of grandiosity and superiority that taints success. he was self-absorbed and prone to grandiosity Origin Mid 19th century: from French, from Italian grandioso, from grande 'grand'. Definition of grandiose in US English: grandiose adjective 1Impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so. the court's grandiose facade Example sentencesExamples They built extravagant houses, opened grandiose museums and spent not just one, but several, fortunes on art. Though the facade was listed and couldn't be altered, the inside had not been decorated in the grandiose style of some of its neighbours. A few steps and a porch with classical columns lead to the outer storm doors which themselves in turn open on to an grandiose entrance vestibule. As the claimant to China's political and cultural heritage, they have built in a grandiose classical style. In the process, what was a simple shrine became a grandiose temple. Bach came of age as a Lutheran composer at the height of the baroque period, a time of grandiose, richly ornamented architecture and music. Here, Lizzie pretends to be Isabella at an outrageously grandiose dress designer's studio. His successes are commemorated in a number of grandiose effigies, triumphal arches, vast frescoes and victory columns. Synonyms magnificent, impressive, grand, imposing, awe-inspiring, splendid, resplendent, superb, striking, monumental, majestic, glorious, elaborate 1.1 Excessively grand or ambitious. grandiose plans to reform the world Example sentencesExamples And he has grandiose plans for a multi-million pound visitor centre that would be the last word in UFOs and the paranormal. He also announced grandiose plans of sending engineers, technicians and drivers to Japan for advanced training. But those dreams continue, with grandiose plans for dams along the length of the river and its tributaries. Sure, the trick may have been done before, but never has it been done on such a grandiose scale. So much for grandiose plans to transform Europe into the world's most dynamic and competitive economy by 2010. He thought and wrote in grandiose terms, in a style that has now gone out of fashion, and that would be censored by our scientific journals! The latest in a long line of grandiose schemes that have promised to revitalise the city are taking the first steps towards becoming a reality this week. There is a continuous need to control urges to enter grandiose schemes and avoid ostentatious manners. Don't be discouraged when your grandiose plans fail on the first attempt. Then there are these grandiose building projects because, they say, the Granville Street offices are no longer adequate. It, like so many other grandiose schemes of the mid-1990s, has been cut down to size by the crisis. Sheridan's initial misgivings about involvement with theatre soon gave way to grandiose ambition. Where better to locate a grandiose businessman with small-town pretensions, brazen ambition and borderline criminality? Most grandiose of all was his plan to convert a small fishing village called Jerudong into a playground both for the royal family and tourists. We are well aware of the grandiose plans that are conjured, supported and implemented by politicians on entering office. It is likely that the government had grandiose plans for that region. If nothing else, this current council has shown that it is incapable of spending public money wisely once it's swept up in a grandiose plan. We always tend to forget the simple fact that we can make no progress if a majority of us remain unaffected by our grandiose developmental efforts. On the one hand we are told about grandiose plans for city status, an arena, a redeveloped theatre complex, a new cultural quarter and links to the Tube. Now not all sequencing projects are carried out on such grandiose scales as the genome projects. Synonyms ambitious, bold, epic, big Origin Mid 19th century: from French, from Italian grandioso, from grande ‘grand’.
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