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Antonyms for grandiosity

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gran-dee-ohs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgræn diˌoʊs

Definition of grandiosity

Origin :
  • 1814, from French grandiose (see grandiose) + -ity.
  • The author now and then makes a word for his own use, as complicate, for complicated; and, still less fortunately 'grandiosity' (p. 343). [review of Joseph Forsyth's "Remarks on Italy," "Edinburgh Review," January 1814]
  • noun glory
  • noun pretentiousness
Example sentences :
  • What wonder if the inaccessible meal took upon itself the grandiosity of a wedding feast!
  • Extract from : « The King of Schnorrers » by Israel Zangwill
  • I hate throwing away money on mere pomposity and grandiosity and show.
  • Extract from : « The Martian » by George Du Maurier
  • It was of a grandiosity which appealed to the imagination, but not to the practical judgment of a far-sighted statesman.
  • Extract from : « Ten Tudor Statesmen » by Arthur D. Innes
  • That this grandiosity was unnatural and unreal was proved by the publication of Choses Vues.
  • Extract from : « Views and Reviews » by William Ernest Henley
  • I went again when I graduated high school and was amazed by the richness of detail, the grandiosity and grandeur of it all.
  • Extract from : « Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom » by Cory Doctorow
  • The grandiosity, to use a mild phrase, of such a measure needs no comment.
  • Extract from : « Through the Mackenzie Basin » by Charles Mair

Synonyms for grandiosity

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