grandiose
adjectiveGraduateELO 1,400GREGMAT
DEFINITION
impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
WEBSTER'S 1913
Impressive or elevating in effect; vimposing; splendid; striking; -- in a good sense.
ETYMOLOGY
Latin grandis (large) + -iose (making...)
SYNONYMS
IN LITERATURE
“She really had the heroical aspect in a grandiose-grotesque, fitted to some lines of Ariosto.”
— George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
IN USE
“They may feel unstoppable, persecuted, or as if they have a special relationship with God, a great mission to accomplish, or other grandiose or delusional ideas.”
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