Definitions
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- noun The state or condition of being
grandiose .
Etymologies
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Examples
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What a marvel is such a city! it is a strange thing that this grandioseness and this burlesque should be amicable neighbors, that all this majesty should not be thrown into disorder by all this parody, and that the same mouth can today blow into the trump of the Judgment Day, and tomorrow into the reed-flute!
Les Miserables 2008
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Maybe not nearly to the degree or grandioseness that he would like to make himself appear to be.
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RICARDO CHAVIRA, ACTOR: As long as we ` re not over glamorous with it, or not kind of insane with the kind of grandioseness of what this can be.
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What a marvel is such a city! it is a strange thing that this grandioseness and this burlesque should be amicable neighbors, that all this majesty should not be thrown into disorder by all this parody, and that the same mouth can to-day blow into the trump of the Judgment Day, and to-morrow into the reed-flute!
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What a marvel is such a city! it is a strange thing that this grandioseness and this burlesque should be amicable neighbors, that all this majesty should not be thrown into disorder by all this parody, and that the same mouth can to-day blow into the trump of the
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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TOD have always been heavily prone to grandioseness.
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Not because of the special effects, but the overall emotion of the scene was harder to engage in because of the grandioseness of the fight.
iProng Magazine 2008
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I think a measure of being a good villain is grandioseness.
Pretty, Fizzy Paradise kalinara 2008
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