different between grandiose vs strapping
grandiose
English
Etymology
From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandioso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æn.di???s/, /???æn.di.??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Adjective
grandiose (comparative more grandiose, superlative most grandiose)
- Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.
- Pompous or pretentious.
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- grandiose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- grandiose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- grandiose at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- angroside, diagnoser, dragonise, organdies, organised
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian grandioso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????.djoz/
- Homophone: grandioses
- Rhymes: -oz
Adjective
grandiose (plural grandioses)
- grandiose
Related terms
- grand
Further reading
- “grandiose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Adjective
grandiose
- inflection of grandios:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
grandiose f pl
- feminine plural of grandioso
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
grandiose
- definite singular/plural of grandios
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
grandiose
- definite singular/plural of grandios
grandiose From the web:
- what grandiose means
- what grandiose meaning in english
- grandiose what does it mean
- grandiose what is the definition
- what is grandiose delusions
- what is grandiose behavior
- what is grandiose narcissism
- what does grandiose mean in english
strapping
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æp??
Verb
strapping
- present participle of strap
Adjective
strapping (comparative more strapping, superlative most strapping)
- Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.
- (obsolete) Of a young woman: full of vigor; lusty.
Translations
Noun
strapping (countable and uncountable, plural strappings)
- Adhesive plaster for strapping injuries.
- A length of narrow material to be used for straps, or straps collectively.
- A beating with a strap.
- The act of fastening with a strap.
Translations
Anagrams
- trappings
strapping From the web:
- what's strapping tape
- what strapping young man mean
- strapping meaning
- what strapping in magnetron
- what strapping mean in spanish
- what's strapping table
- what's strapping in french
- what strapping to use for metal
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- grandiose vs strapping
- afraid vs insecure
- conspire vs approve
- instigate vs promote
- alarmed vs shrinking
- relate vs declare
- spring vs romp
- hauteur vs conceit
- funereal vs dolorous
- daily vs proper
- mighty vs cogent
- recount vs roar
- advise vs divulge
- discrepancy vs discord
- corresponding vs twin
- murmuring vs ailment
- lag vs lope
- whisk vs wander
- rehearsal vs tale
- imagine vs bequeath