grandiose

/ɡɹæn.diˈəʊs/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

distant, fine

VERB + GRANDIOSE

like, make

GRANDIOSE + NOUN

buffets, disconnection, expectations, i'd, jupiter's, self, serpentine, temples

PREP.

from, throughout

ADV.

really

adj

Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.

Independence does not need to be a grandiose process of disconnection and severing ties.

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.

Magnificent or spectacular.

adjective — affectedly genteel

Independence does not need to be a grandiose process of disconnection and severing ties.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

It's fine to make grandiose plans, but I'd like you to start with what you have on your plate.

Tatoeba · #20354

The space hotel had grandiose buffets throughout the whole day.

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His hotel chamber at the palatial space hotel had the grandiose view of Jupiter's rainbow face through the big window.

Tatoeba · #1465724

The rotting shanty town was not too distant from the grandiose temples of serpentine.

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