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Another word for grandiose

Adjective

  1. Large and impressive in size, scope, or extent

    2. See also:

    good

    big

  2. Characterized by an exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance

    3. See also:

    plain

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Another word for grandiose

Modifier
    2. See also:

    grand

    egotistic

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Sentence Examples

  • Spencer's grandiose cosmic formula in terms of mechanism.

  • His poetry is over-decorated, and his plays are grandiose historical poems in dramatic form.

  • We embarked on these car projects with grandiose visions, many as unrealistic as they were ingenious.

  • This Dalmatian port was not only the Croatian arsenal, but the seat of the kings, who here sought to enhance their dignity by borrowing the grandiose titles and elaborate procedure of the Byzantine court.

  • The palaces of the later Renaissance are numerous and frequently grandiose though frigid in design.

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