ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary Builder›Words›G›grandiose
ISEE/SSAThard
grandiose
unrealistically ambitious or exaggeratedly impressive
Synonyms
- pretentious
- pompous
- ostentatious
Antonyms
grandiose in a sentence
The mayor's grandiose plan included towers the small town could never afford.
The critic dismissed the film's grandiose speeches as hollow displays of importance.
Where it comes from
From French grandiose, based on Italian grandioso, meaning 'grand.'
Memory hook
GRAND plus a showy ending: grandiose ideas are grand beyond reason.