adj. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval

adj. affectedly genteel

adj. having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity"

adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

adj. ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"

adj. elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"

adj. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"

adj. commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance"

adj. impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"

adj. sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"

adj. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"

adj. having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

adj. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"

adj. impressive in appearance

adj. intellectually or emotionally overwhelming; "a mind-boggling display"; "a mind-boggling puzzle"

adj. suitable for or like a palace; "palatial furnishings"; "a palatial yacht"

adj. notably out of the ordinary; "the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party"

adj. extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"

adj. showily imitative of art or artists

adj. pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming

adj. pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution"

adj. (British informal) upstart

adj. characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position

adj. puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

adj. given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money"

adj. not capable of impressing

adj. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski