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Word entry · 9 letters

grandiose

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"Overblown"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɡɹæn.diˈəʊs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted adeginorsStarts with GEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (GRANDIOSE).

Definitions

  1. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval

Word origin

From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Possibly from grand + -ose, though to be debated. Doublet of grandioso.

Used in a sentence

  • Independence does not need to be a grandiose process of disconnection and severing ties.
  • 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.

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