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Definition of grandiose adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

grandiose

adjective

NAmE//ˈɡrændiˌoʊs//

, NAmE//ˌɡrændiˈoʊs//

(disapproving)

seeming very impressive but too large, complicated, expensive, etc. to be practical or possible The grandiose plan for a journey across the desert came to nothing. a grandiose opera house He could no longer live the grandiose lifestyle to which he had become accustomed.

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