01 a. Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; -- in a good sense.
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Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; -- in a good sense.“The tone of the parts was to be perpetually kept down in order not to impair the grandiose effect of the whole.” — M. Arnold.“The grandiose red tulips which grow wild.” — C. Kingsley.
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Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style.