Grandiose Synonyms and Antonyms

grăndē-ōs, grăndē-ōs
Characterized by an exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. pompous
  2. hoity-toity
  3. grand
  4. highfalutin
  5. pretentious
  6. puffed-up
  7. flamboyant
  8. hifalutin
  9. puffy
  10. self-important
  11. theatrical
  12. highfaluting
  13. la-di-da
Antonyms:
  1. calm
  2. humble
  3. moderate
  4. small
  5. unimpressive
  6. unpretentious
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Grandiose Sentence Examples

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

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

  • There is no hint in Ezekiel's writings of the grandiose conception of Isa.

  • This grandiose project was unexpectedly destroyed by the energetic resistance of Japan, who had ear-marked the Hermit Kingdom for herself, and who declared plainly that she would never tolerate the exclusive influence of Russia in Manchuria.

  • Although an enemy of idealogues, in his foreign policy Napoleon was haunted by grandiose visions.

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