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grandiose
adj. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da
adj. affectedly genteel
Fuzzynyms (21)
glorious, magnificent, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous
adj. having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity"
swaggering, prideful, supercilious, lordly, disdainful, haughty, sniffy
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
large, orotund, bombastic, declamatory, turgid
adj. ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
flamboyant, aureate, showy, florid
adj. elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"
Synonyms (48)
formidable, dazzling, awe-inspiring, amazing, awesome, awing
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"
arresting, sensational, stunning
adj. commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance"
noble, stately, imposing, baronial
adj. impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
striking, spectacular, dramatic
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"
grand, expansive
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"
gallant, lofty, majestic, proud
adj. having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"
grand, heroic
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"
important-looking
adj. impressive in appearance
mind-boggling
adj. intellectually or emotionally overwhelming; "a mind-boggling display"; "a mind-boggling puzzle"
palatial
adj. suitable for or like a palace; "palatial furnishings"; "a palatial yacht"
signal
adj. notably out of the ordinary; "the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party"
thundering
adj. extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"
arty
adj. showily imitative of art or artists
artsy-craftsy, arty-crafty
adj. pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming
inflated, high-flown, high-flying, high-sounding
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"
jumped-up
adj. (British informal) upstart
upstart, parvenu, nouveau-riche, nouveau riche, parvenue
adj. characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
overblown, grandiloquent, pompous, pontifical, portentous
adj. puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
sesquipedalian
adj. given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money"
Antonyms (2)
unimpressive
adj. not capable of impressing
humble
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
grandiose
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