Adjective: grandiose 'gran-dee,ows or ,gran-dee'ows
- Impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
"His grandiose plans for world domination were met with scepticism"; "The dictator's grandiose palace was a symbol of excess"
- Affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty
"It might be a bit of an arty lifestyle, but it's not a grandiose, fashionable life";
- hifalutin [informal], highfalutin [informal], highfaluting [informal], hoity-toity [informal], la-di-da [informal], lah-di-dah [informal], la-de-da [informal]
See also: impressive, pretentious
Encyclopedia: Grandiose