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What is the adjective for grand?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs aggrandize and aggrandise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

grand
  1. Of a large size or extent; great
  2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
  3. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
  4. (usually in compound forms) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent.
  5. (Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated) Fine; lovely.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. glorious, imposing, magnificent, majestic, impressive, splendid, stately, noble, striking, superb, eminent, grandiose, palatial, august, fine, regal, elevated, epic, gorgeous, imperial, lofty, lordly, magnific, proud, resplendent, superior, ambitious, baronial, dignified, gallant, royal, sublime, exalted, haughty, illustrious, splendiferous, rich, unreal, awe-inspiring, something else, Homeric, monumental, heroic, massive, heroical, great, spectacular, sumptuous, luxurious, opulent … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “In a garden glade before a grand fountain, the elegant woman in her lustrous white gown dances.”
      “She moved quickly into the next room, traversing a large open space until she stood before a grand staircase.”
      “We decided to splurge on a suite at the grand hotel.”
grandsome
  1. Characterised by grandness or grandeur
  2. Examples:
      3. “As a bird escaping an unwholesome cage to the grandsome freedom of the invigorating air.”
grandacious
  1. (US, regional) Grand, magnificent.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Everyone was feeling grandacious, as if getting dressed for a night of beauing.”
grander
  1. comparative form of grand: more grand
  2. Synonyms:
      3. higher, loftier, more prominent, more senior, more distinguished, more eminent, more high-ranking, more influential, more authoritative, more dominant, more elevated, more leading, more notable, more prestigious, noteworthier, more commanding, more consequential, more illustrious, more principal, more ranking, powerfuller, uppermore, more important, more primary, more top-notch, more celebrated, more famous, more major league, more renowned, more supereminent, more skookum, greater, auguster, more noble, more predominant, more key, more major, more dignified, more venerable, more respectable, more refined, supremer, more aristocratic, more honoured, more esteemed, more patrician, more respected, more transcendent, more regal, more revered … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Unilever has applied the principle of brand selectivity on a much grander scale.”
      “There was talk of marriage and of pooling their money to buy an even grander house.”
      “The view back down the valley was also becoming grander as we rose high above the dark scree slopes and meandering river.”
grandest
  1. superlative form of grand: most grand
  2. Synonyms:
      3. splendidest, stateliest, superbest, augustest, finest, loftiest, lordliest, proudest, ambitiousest, sublimest, haughtiest, richest, most glorious, most imposing, most magnificent, most majestic, most impressive, most noble, most striking, most eminent, most grandiose, most regal, most elevated, most epic, most gorgeous, most imperial, most magnific, most resplendent, most baronial, most dignified, most gallant, most royal, most illustrious, most splendiferous, most unreal, most awe-inspiring, most Homeric, hugest, immensest, vastest, greatest, mightiest, largest, biggest, heftiest, bulkiest, vastiest, goodliest, tidiest, huskiest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Yet a current show there, on one of the grandest of all illuminated manuscripts, does both.”
      “All Lang's projects were on the grandest scale, too many of them overambitious.”
      “We were surrounded by the old-fashioned glamor of the lobby of the grandest hotel in this posh French seaside resort.”
aggrandized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of aggrandize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. increased, raised, enlarged, improved, incremented, boosted, enhanced, furthered, expanded, extended, proliferated, advanced, amplified, elevated, heightened, maximized, optimized, augmented, developed, enriched, inflated, progressed, strengthened, consolidated, magnified, multiplied, compounded, doubled, escalated, ameliorated, bettered, broadened, built, grew, lengthened, lifted, reinforced, upped, accelerated, added to, amassed, beefed up, built up, bumped up, cranked up, deepened, hiked up, inflamed, jacked up, reenforced … more
aggrandizing
  1. present participle of aggrandize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. elevating, magnifying, ennobling, exalting, canonising, canonizing, deifying, glorifying, dignifying, enshrining, enthroning, enskying, putting on a pedestal, honouring, honoring, upgrading, raising, worshipping, worshiping, advancing, idolizing, promoting, revering, venerating, apotheosizing, adoring, idolising, preferring, adulating, lionizing, distinguishing, reverencing, lionising, improving the status of, moving up, enhancing, idealizing, idealising, improving the position of, kicking upstairs, esteeming, sanctifying, blessing, respecting, lauding, hallowing, bestowing honour on, adding distinction to, extolling, adding lustre to … more
aggrandised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of aggrandise
aggrandising
  1. present participle of aggrandise
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