Grandiose
adjective
Something that is very big, impressive, or made to seem more important or impressive than it needs to be.
The politician's grandiose promises were nothing more than empty words.
Often appears as...
- grandiose ideas
- grandiose plans
adjective
Having an exaggerated belief in one's own importance or abilities.
His grandiose belief in his own invincibility was his downfall.
Often appears as...
- grandiose delusions
- grandiose notion
adjective
Something that is very big, impressive, or made to seem more important or impressive than it needs to be.
The politician's grandiose promises were nothing more than empty words.
Often appears as...
- grandiose ideas
- grandiose plans
adjective
Having an exaggerated belief in one's own importance or abilities.
His grandiose belief in his own invincibility was his downfall.
Often appears as...
- grandiose delusions
- grandiose notion
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Excessively Fancy
Use 'grandiose' to describe things overly decorative or complicated, suggesting impracticality or showiness.
The wedding had grandiose decorations that overshadowed the ceremony itself.
Pro Tip 2/3Scaled-Up Reality
'Grandiose' is often used to exaggerate an actual quality, making something ordinary seem extraordinary.
She described her modest home as a grandiose palace to impress her friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Critical Tone
When calling plans or ideas grandiose, the speaker may be skeptically pointing out they're overly ambitious.
His grandiose business scheme seemed unrealistic to potential investors.
Pro Tip 1/3Excessively Fancy
Use 'grandiose' to describe things overly decorative or complicated, suggesting impracticality or showiness.
The wedding had grandiose decorations that overshadowed the ceremony itself.
Pro Tip 2/3Scaled-Up Reality
'Grandiose' is often used to exaggerate an actual quality, making something ordinary seem extraordinary.
She described her modest home as a grandiose palace to impress her friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Critical Tone
When calling plans or ideas grandiose, the speaker may be skeptically pointing out they're overly ambitious.
His grandiose business scheme seemed unrealistic to potential investors.
Pro Tip 1/3Excessively Fancy
Use 'grandiose' to describe things overly decorative or complicated, suggesting impracticality or showiness.
The wedding had grandiose decorations that overshadowed the ceremony itself.
Pro Tip 2/3Scaled-Up Reality
'Grandiose' is often used to exaggerate an actual quality, making something ordinary seem extraordinary.
She described her modest home as a grandiose palace to impress her friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Critical Tone
When calling plans or ideas grandiose, the speaker may be skeptically pointing out they're overly ambitious.
His grandiose business scheme seemed unrealistic to potential investors.
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Jennifer Lin:...
For a more grandiose effect, I guess. And then you have to do the initial sketch of the character, which is like your structure of a piece, and then you add pen and pencil, and whatever details that you need -- that's polishing the drawing. And another thing that both of these have in common is your state of mind,
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History vs. Henry VIII -...
who allowed faction and intrigue to rule his court, concerned only with his own pleasure and grandiosity. That grandiosity was part of the king’s role as a model for his people. He was a learned scholar and musician who generously patronized the arts, as well as being an imposing warrior and sportsman.
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Strange answers to the...
It's on the cunning, manipulative. So, faking your brain going wrong is evidence that your brain has gone wrong. And I spoke to other experts, and they said the pinstripe suit -- classic psychopath -- speaks to items one and two on the glibness, superficial charm and grandiose sense of self-worth.
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The power of introverts...
that I wasn't even aware that I was making them. Now this is what many introverts do, and it's our loss for sure, but it is also our colleagues' loss and our communities' loss. And at the risk of sounding grandiose, it is the world's loss. Because when it comes to creativity and to leadership,
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The psychology of...
elevated and sometimes detrimental self-involvement. But it's not just a personality type that shows up in advice columns. It's actually a set of traits classified and studied by psychologists. The psychological definition of narcissism is an inflated, grandiose self-image.
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The power of introverts...
so reflexively but I wasn't even aware that I was making them now this is what many introverts to you and it's our loss for sure but it is also our colleagues loss and our community's loss and at the risk of sounding grandiose it is the world's loss because when it comes to
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Laura Snyder: The...
It was time for a new revolution, which they pledged to bring about, and what's so amazing about these guys is, not only did they have these grandiose undergraduate dreams, but they actually carried them out, even beyond their wildest dreams. And I'm going to tell you today
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It's a church. It's a...
Reaching over 50 meters high and over 30 meters in diameter and ringed by windows around its base, the golden dome appears suspended from heaven, light reflecting through its interior. Beneath its grandiose symbolism, the sturdy reinforcing Corinthian columns,
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Strange answers to the...
and he looked intrigued and despite himself but he said okay go on and I said okay grandiose sense of self-worth which I have to say would have been hard for him to deny because he was standing underneath a giant or your painting of himself
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After billions of years...
And yes, in most generations nothing had any novel consequence for subsequent generations. Nevertheless, when ancient people tried to explain their condition, they typically did so in grandiose cosmic terms.
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Jennifer Lin:...
For a more grandiose effect, I guess. And then you have to do the initial sketch of the character, which is like your structure of a piece, and then you add pen and pencil, and whatever details that you need -- that's polishing the drawing. And another thing that both of these have in common is your state of mind,
Video examples
History vs. Henry VIII -...
who allowed faction and intrigue to rule his court, concerned only with his own pleasure and grandiosity. That grandiosity was part of the king’s role as a model for his people. He was a learned scholar and musician who generously patronized the arts, as well as being an imposing warrior and sportsman.
Video examples
Strange answers to the...
It's on the cunning, manipulative. So, faking your brain going wrong is evidence that your brain has gone wrong. And I spoke to other experts, and they said the pinstripe suit -- classic psychopath -- speaks to items one and two on the glibness, superficial charm and grandiose sense of self-worth.
Video examples
The power of introverts...
that I wasn't even aware that I was making them. Now this is what many introverts do, and it's our loss for sure, but it is also our colleagues' loss and our communities' loss. And at the risk of sounding grandiose, it is the world's loss. Because when it comes to creativity and to leadership,
Video examples
The psychology of...
elevated and sometimes detrimental self-involvement. But it's not just a personality type that shows up in advice columns. It's actually a set of traits classified and studied by psychologists. The psychological definition of narcissism is an inflated, grandiose self-image.
Video examples
The power of introverts...
so reflexively but I wasn't even aware that I was making them now this is what many introverts to you and it's our loss for sure but it is also our colleagues loss and our community's loss and at the risk of sounding grandiose it is the world's loss because when it comes to
Video examples
Laura Snyder: The...
It was time for a new revolution, which they pledged to bring about, and what's so amazing about these guys is, not only did they have these grandiose undergraduate dreams, but they actually carried them out, even beyond their wildest dreams. And I'm going to tell you today
Video examples
It's a church. It's a...
Reaching over 50 meters high and over 30 meters in diameter and ringed by windows around its base, the golden dome appears suspended from heaven, light reflecting through its interior. Beneath its grandiose symbolism, the sturdy reinforcing Corinthian columns,
Video examples
Strange answers to the...
and he looked intrigued and despite himself but he said okay go on and I said okay grandiose sense of self-worth which I have to say would have been hard for him to deny because he was standing underneath a giant or your painting of himself
Video examples
After billions of years...
And yes, in most generations nothing had any novel consequence for subsequent generations. Nevertheless, when ancient people tried to explain their condition, they typically did so in grandiose cosmic terms.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
Over the years, I think I've matured in my spiritual evolution and development to understand a bit more than the narrow religious thinking - to move beyond that through a sort of perfection of the grandiose nature of the universe, and how perfect it is it in its sense and how satisfied we should all be in our place in that.
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Charles T. Canady
American Judge
The construction of a courthouse is a long-term investment in a building where important public business is done. But that does not justify extravagant expenditures. Courthouses should be dignified, durable, and functional. They should not be grandiose, monumental, and luxurious.
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John Burnside
Scottish Writer
In time, we will have to recognise that it is not 'nature' that we need to protect, but ourselves, and we can only do this by abandoning the old, grandiose, profit-seeking schemes so beloved of our masters and learning to till the soil, live to scale, and live within our means.
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Markus Wolf
German Public Servant
I tried to instill a different motivation, to give them the security and the conviction that they were doing something good, something necessary, something useful - if you want to use a grandiose expression, that they were doing something for peace.
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Elizabeth Gilbert
American Novelist
I think that people who live in cultures without quite so much privilege, opportunity or grandiosity have a little bit more respect for the workings of destiny, and the limitations that people can find themselves in through no fault of their own.
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Erin O'Connor
English Model
In my job, I am portrayed as a misfit, a grandiose high fashion lady or an unearthly creature. At home, it's important I can look in the mirror, strip away the disguise and be comfortable with who stares back.
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Janet Fitch
American Author
When you have success, people think you know what you're doing, and you start to agree with them, you think you can conquer the world. But you go from grandiosity to panic.
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Richard Linklater
American Director
I guess I don't have a grandiose view of the world in general, and I never believe it when someone else has a grandiose moment.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.
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Yanni
Greek Musician
Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
Over the years, I think I've matured in my spiritual evolution and development to understand a bit more than the narrow religious thinking - to move beyond that through a sort of perfection of the grandiose nature of the universe, and how perfect it is it in its sense and how satisfied we should all be in our place in that.
Quote examples
Charles T. Canady
American Judge
The construction of a courthouse is a long-term investment in a building where important public business is done. But that does not justify extravagant expenditures. Courthouses should be dignified, durable, and functional. They should not be grandiose, monumental, and luxurious.
Quote examples
John Burnside
Scottish Writer
In time, we will have to recognise that it is not 'nature' that we need to protect, but ourselves, and we can only do this by abandoning the old, grandiose, profit-seeking schemes so beloved of our masters and learning to till the soil, live to scale, and live within our means.
Quote examples
Markus Wolf
German Public Servant
I tried to instill a different motivation, to give them the security and the conviction that they were doing something good, something necessary, something useful - if you want to use a grandiose expression, that they were doing something for peace.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Gilbert
American Novelist
I think that people who live in cultures without quite so much privilege, opportunity or grandiosity have a little bit more respect for the workings of destiny, and the limitations that people can find themselves in through no fault of their own.
Quote examples
Erin O'Connor
English Model
In my job, I am portrayed as a misfit, a grandiose high fashion lady or an unearthly creature. At home, it's important I can look in the mirror, strip away the disguise and be comfortable with who stares back.
Quote examples
Janet Fitch
American Author
When you have success, people think you know what you're doing, and you start to agree with them, you think you can conquer the world. But you go from grandiosity to panic.
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Richard Linklater
American Director
I guess I don't have a grandiose view of the world in general, and I never believe it when someone else has a grandiose moment.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.
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Yanni
Greek Musician
Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.
Example 1 of 10
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