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All grandioseness synonyms

gran·di·ose
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noun grandioseness

  • affectation — If you say that someone's attitude or behaviour is an affectation, you disapprove of the fact that it is not genuine or natural, but is intended to impress other people.
  • big talk — bragging or boasting talk
  • charade — If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
  • conceit — Conceit is very great pride in your abilities or achievements that other people feel is too great.
  • disguise — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
  • fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
  • false front — a façade falsifying the size, finish, or importance of a building, especially one having a humble purpose or cheap construction.
  • front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
  • grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
  • hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
  • ostentation — pretentious or conspicuous show, as of wealth or importance; display intended to impress others.
  • phony — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
  • pomposity — the quality of being pompous.
  • pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
  • pretentiousness — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • snobbery — snobbish character, conduct, trait, or act.
  • splash — to wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like; spatter: Don't splash her dress!
  • vainglory — excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.
  • showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
  • showiness — the property or characteristic of being showy.
  • va — In the United States, the VA is a government organization that provides assistance to people who have served in the armed forces. VA is an abbreviation for 'Veterans Administration.'
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