Synonyms for grandiosity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gran-dee-ohs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgræn diˌoʊs |
Top 10 synonyms for grandiosity Other synonyms for the word grandiosity
- big talk
- exaltation
- fake
- false front
- front
- grandioseness
- grandness
- greatness
- honor
- hypocrisy
- illustriousness
- immortality
- kudos
- majesty
- nobility
- ostentation
- phony
- pomposity
- pompousness
- praise
- prestige
- pretension
- put-on
- renown
- reputation
- self-importance
- show
- showboat
- showiness
- showoff
- snobbery
- splash
- splendor
- sublimity
- triumph
- vainglory
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for grandiosity
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