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comparative more grandiose, superlative most grandiose
Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent. quotations examples
Independence does not need to be a grandiose process of disconnection and severing ties.
2019 March 6, Nalini Mohabir, “Renaming the Cook Islands would be a vital step towards true independence”, in The Guardian
Pompous or pretentious. quotations examples
There is a station here, of course, opened as Didcot in June 1844 and renamed as the more grandiose-sounding Didcot Parkway in July 1985.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60