1. (a.) Greatness of scope or intent; bombastic; as, a grandiose style\.

2. (a.) Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; -- in a good sense.

Babylonian Corinthian Gongoresque Johnsonian affected ambitious august awe-inspiring awful barbaric bedizened big-sounding bombastic convoluted cosmic declamatory deluxe elaborate elegant elevated euphuistic extravagant fancy fine flamboyant flaming flash flashy flaunting florid fulsome fustian garish gaudy glorious grand grandiloquent grandisonant high-flowing high-flown high-flying high-sounding highfalutin histrionic imposing impressive inflated inkhorn labyrinthine lexiphanic lofty lordly lurid luxurious magnificent magniloquent majestic melodramatic meretricious monumental noble orotund ostentatious overambitious overdone overelaborate overinvolved overwhelming overwrought palatial pedantic plush pompous posh pretentious princely proud rhetorical ritzy royal sensational sensationalistic sententious showy sonorous splendacious splendid splendiferous stately stilted sumptuous superb superfancy superfine swank swanky swell tall tortuous unfathomable utopian vast visionary