grand

Usage

• grandiloquent

  Grandiloquent speech is highly formal, exaggerated, and often seems both silly and hollow because it is expressly used to appear impressive and important.

• aggrandize

  To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are.

• grandiose

  When you do something in a grandiose way, it is very showy, impressive, and magnificent.