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grandiose 音标拼音: [gr ,ændi'os] [gr'ændi ,os] a. 宏伟的,宏大的,堂皇的,铺张的 宏伟的,宏大的,堂皇的,铺张的 grandiose adj 1: impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval 2: affectedly genteel [ synonym: { grandiose}, { hifalutin}, { highfalutin}, { highfaluting}, { hoity- toity}, { la- di- da}] Grandiose \ Gran" di* ose"\, a. [ F. grandiose, It. grandioso. See { Grand}.] 1. Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; -- in a good sense. [ 1913 Webster] The tone of the parts was to be perpetually kept down in order not to impair the grandiose effect of the whole. -- M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster] The grandiose red tulips which grow wild. -- C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style. [ 1913 Webster] 103 Moby Thesaurus words for " grandiose": Babylonian, Corinthian, Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, ambitious, august, awe- inspiring, awful, barbaric, bedizened, big- sounding, bombastic, convoluted, cosmic, declamatory, deluxe, elaborate, elegant, elevated, euphuistic, extravagant, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flaming, flash, flashy, flaunting, florid, fulsome, fustian, garish, gaudy, glorious, grand, grandiloquent, grandisonant, high- flowing, high- flown, high- flying, high- sounding, highfalutin, histrionic, imposing, impressive, inflated, inkhorn, labyrinthine, lexiphanic, lofty, lordly, lurid, luxurious, magnificent, magniloquent, majestic, melodramatic, meretricious, monumental, noble, orotund, ostentatious, overambitious, overdone, overelaborate, overinvolved, overwhelming, overwrought, palatial, pedantic, plush, pompous, posh, pretentious, princely, proud, rhetorical, ritzy, royal, sensational, sensationalistic, sententious, showy, sonorous, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, stately, stilted, sumptuous, superb, superfancy, superfine, swank, swanky, swell, tall, tortuous, unfathomable, utopian, vast, visionary
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