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- Dictionarygrandiosity/ˌɡrandɪˈɒsɪti/
noun
- 1. the quality of being impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so: "it had a grandiosity of scale and opulence that set it apart from neighbouring cities"
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Grandiosity definition: the quality of seeming impressive or important in an artificial or deliberately pompous way; pretentiousness. See examples of GRANDIOSITY used in a sentence.
1. : characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration. They did not believe his grandiose claims. 2. : impressive because of uncommon largeness, scope, effect, or grandeur. had grandiose plans for the city. grandiosely adverb. grandioseness noun. grandiosity. ˌgran-dē-ˈä-sə-tē. noun. Did you know?
very large or wonderful, or intended to seem great and important: grandiose buildings. grandiose plans. (Definition of grandiose from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of grandiose.
Grandiosity is a characteristic of being so ambitious or extravagant that you seem pretentious. The grandiosity of that new house down the street, with all of its turrets and columns, is a little ridiculous.
grandiosity. noun. 1. Something meriting the highest praise or regard: glory, grandeur, grandness, greatness, majesty, splendor. 2. Boastful self-importance or display: grandioseness, ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretension, pretentiousness. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
Synonyms for GRANDIOSITY: affectation, arrogance, pretension, vanity, pretense, disdain, pretence, superiority; Antonyms of GRANDIOSITY: humility, modesty, humbleness, meekness, lowliness, demureness, timidity, diffidence
more complicated or elaborate than necessary; overblown: a grandiose scheme. grand in an imposing or impressive way. Psychiatry. having an exaggerated belief in one's importance, sometimes reaching delusional proportions, and occurring as a common symptom of mental illnesses, as manic disorder. grandiose.
very large or wonderful, or intended to seem great and important: grandiose buildings. grandiose plans. (Definition of grandiose from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of grandiose.
noun. The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious). Wiktionary. Synonyms: magniloquence. grandiloquence. ornateness. rhetoric. pretentiousness. pretension. pompousness. pomposity. ostentation. grandioseness. greatness. grandness. grandeur. glory. majesty. Other Word Forms of Grandiosity. Noun. Singular: grandiosity. Plural: grandiosities.
Definitions of grandiose. adjective. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval. synonyms: impressive. making a strong or vivid impression. adjective. affectedly genteel. synonyms: hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da. pretentious.
