noun
- the quality of being grand, impressive, or magnificent in appearance or style, often in an exaggerated or ostentatious way
Usage: often implies excessive or affected grandeur
Examples
- The grandioseness of the palace's architecture left visitors in awe.
- She criticized the grandioseness of his plans as unrealistic and overly ambitious.
- The grandioseness of the ceremony seemed inappropriate for such a small event.
- He was drawn to the grandioseness of classical art and design.
- The grandioseness of the proposal masked its fundamental flaws.
- The building's grandioseness made it a landmark in the city.