GRANDIOSE

adj. 1 pretentious, ostentatious, showy, flamboyant, bombastic, histrionic, extravagant, pompous, fustian, high-flown, high-flying, overambitious, overdone, over-dramatic, melodramatic, Ossianic, inflated, affected, florid, flashy, Colloq highfalutin or hifalutin, flash The council is unimpressed by your grandiose plans to redevelop the area, Mr Wren 2 imposing, impressive, ambitious, grand, monumental, magnificent, lofty She has some grandiose ideas for a national symphony orchestra