grandiose UK /ɡɹæn.diˈəʊs/US /ɡɹæn.diˈoʊs/ adjective3 •Large and impressive in size, scope or extent.Independence does not need to be a grandiose process of disconnection and severing ties. — 2019 •magnificent or spectacular. •Pompous or pretentious.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. — 2021 formsmore grandiose · most grandiose