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Impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so

Conceived on a very grand or ambitious scale

Affectedly grand or self-important

Soft and shaggy

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important

Of an ostentatious nature or overly pompous

Ambitious or difficult to achieve

More than is necessary, normal, or desirable

Very unusual or remarkable

Willing, or inclined, to take chances or risks

Thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom

Marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and etiquette

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Adjective

Impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so

fit for a prince

fit for a queen

fit for a princess

tall in the saddle

highly regarded

on a grand scale

well thought of

of high standing

out of this world

something to write home about

one for the book

larger-than-life

disproportionate

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“As the claimant to China's political and cultural heritage, they have built in a grandiose classical style.”

Adjective

Conceived on a very grand or ambitious scale

hyperventilated

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“If nothing else, this current council has shown that it is incapable of spending public money wisely once it's swept up in a grandiose plan.”

Adjective

Affectedly grand or self-important

hyperventilated

full of hot air

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Adjective

Soft and shaggy

pleasure-loving

fit for a queen

in the lap of luxury

lavishly appointed

pleasure-seeking

out of this world

thick on the ground

no end in sight

with good taste

multicoloured^UK

multicolored^US

enough and to spare

free from hardship

aesthetically pleasing

fancily decorated

more than enough

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Adjective

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important

high-and-mighty

self-centred^UK

self-centered^US

high and mighty

self-opinionated

full of oneself

full of yourself

full of hot air

offensively self-assertive

pleased with yourself

full of airs and graces

self-congratulatory

self-glorifying

on your high horse

too big for your boots

holier-than-thou

putting on airs

self-aggrandizing

throwing one's weight around

too big for your breeches

self-complacent

self-flattering

self-applauding

self-gratulatory

self-dramatizing

anti-democratic

sure of oneself

self-respecting

take-it-or-leave-it

nose in the air

too big for your britches

not backward in coming forward

throwing one's weight about

full of contempt

throwing weight around

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

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Adjective

Of an ostentatious nature or overly pompous

exhibitionistic

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Adjective

Of great size

of considerable size

broad in the beam

broad-shouldered

not inconsiderable

powerfully built

well upholstered

extremely large

larger-than-life

greatest possible

greatest amount of

not to be sneezed at

disproportionate

through the ceiling

worth taking into account

of ample proportions

across-the-board

intercontinental

all-encompassing

overextravagant

earth-shattering

clinically obese

more than human

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Adjective

Ambitious or difficult to achieve

difficult to achieve

energy-consuming

pick-and-shovel

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

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Adjective

More than is necessary, normal, or desirable

disproportionate

overextravagant

recrementitious

out of all proportion

beyond the pale

costing an arm and a leg

excessively high

without justification

out of proportion

pleasure-seeking

not in proportion to

out of proportion to

relatively too large for

relatively too small for

not the done thing

spreading like wildfire

pleasure-loving

blown up out of all proportion

not quite the thing

highway robbery

daylight robbery

surplus to requirements

costing the earth

over one's head

untrammelled^UK

self-gratifying

sensationalized^US

incommensurable

highly unlikely

beyond your means

out of the question

disproportionate to

sensationalised^UK

root-and-branch

sticking out a mile

standing out like a sore thumb

as plain as day

as plain as a pikestaff

staring someone in the face

standing out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

financial means conditional

willingly given

life-threatening

not appropriate for

not proportional

highly coloured

out of keeping with

over-embellished

exceeding bounds

excessively ornate

excessively ornamental

not appropriate to

not commensurate with

more than one can afford

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Very unusual or remarkable

out of the ordinary

never to be forgotten

off beaten path

out of this world

hard to swallow

scarcely credible

incomprehensible

won't hold water

difficult to believe

beyond the bounds of possibility

hard to believe

unrepresentative

out of the question

uncharacteristic

inconsequential

non compos mentis

highly unlikely

not in the least likely

out of the common

off your trolley

in a league of its own

ground-breaking

without parallel

out of touch with reality

out in left field

unsubstantiated

extremely foolish

stupidly irresponsible

feather-brained

weird and wonderful

beyond possibility

imcomprehensible

extremely implausible

extremely unlikely

extremely doubtful

beyond your ken

few and far between

thin on the ground

extremely difficult to believe

not to be thought of

self-contradictory

extraterrestrial

inapprehensible

breaking ground

out of all reason

beyond all reason

not understandable

sick in the head

beyond one's wildest dreams

of unsound mind

mad as a hatter

foaming at the mouth

away with the fairies

stark raving mad

not able to hold water

head-in-the-clouds

nonmaterialistic

beyond the realm of reason

nutty as a fruitcake

off your rocker

have bats in the belfry

out of one's mind

mad as a March hare

round the twist

not right in the head

not right upstairs

not quite right in the head

have kangaroos in the top paddock

as daft as a brush

stark staring mad

not the full shilling

have a screw loose

head in the clouds

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Adjective

Willing, or inclined, to take chances or risks

bigger than life

as game as Ned Kelly

full of determination

having nerves of steel

keen as mustard

dyed-in-the-wool

set in one's ways

unaccommodating

self-opinionated

stubborn as a mule

meaning business

standing one's ground

undisciplinable

bound and determined

self-disciplined

above criticism

set in your ways

not discouraged

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

obstinately disobedient

ultra-conservative

tried and tested

committed to the idea of

tall in the saddle

on one's mettle

like a loose cannon

stick-in-the-mud

nose to grindstone

stop at nothing

hard to satisfy

over-particular

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Thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom

head-in-the-clouds

out of touch with reality

castle-building

with your head in the clouds

over-optimistic

dream come true

phantasmagorical

product of someone's imagination

fool's paradise

out of this world

phantasmagorial

phantasmagorian

created out of thin air

all in the mind

hard to swallow

castles in the air

all in one's head

figment of imagination

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Adjective

Marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and etiquette

stick-in-the-mud

of the old school

out of this world

schoolmistressy

prim and proper

self-respecting

overconscientious

highly regarded

fit for a prince

well-proportioned

tall in the saddle

fit for a queen

fit for a princess

tall and dignified

well thought of

of high standing

one for the book

larger-than-life

something to write home about

like a dream come true

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

out of the ordinary

too good to be true

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