grandiose
/ˈɡrændiəʊs/adjective
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बहुत बड़ा और भव्य दिखने वाला पर अव्यावहारिक, आडंबरपूर्ण
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adjective
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disapproving
seeming very impressive but too large, complicated or expensive to be practical
बहुत बड़ा और भव्य दिखने वाला पर अव्यावहारिक, आडंबरपूर्ण
- grandiose plans to build a hundred-storey tower in the village
- His grandiose promises impressed nobody.
- The mayor announced a grandiose plan to turn the town into a global city.
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- Their grandiose wedding plans ran far beyond the family's budget.
- The architect's grandiose design was never built.
Synonyms pompous pretentious extravagant
Opposite modest realistic unpretentious
◇Word family
grandiosity noungrand adj.
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gran·di·ose
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Keep apart: grand (impressive) is praise, grandiose is criticism; grandeur is the noun of grand.
Grand (भव्य) प्रशंसा है, grandiose आलोचना; grandeur grand का noun है।