grandiose
adjective/ˈɡrændiəʊs/
/ˈɡrændiəʊs/
(disapproving)- seeming very impressive but too large, complicated, expensive, etc. to be practical or possible
- The grandiose scheme 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.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGrandiose is used with these nouns:- ambition
- claim
- idea
- …
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, from Italian grandioso, from grande ‘grand’.Definitions on the go
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