GRANDEUR: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'granjer
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- [n] the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
- [n] the quality of being exalted in character or ideals or conduct
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| | Synonyms: | | brilliance, grandness, magnanimousness, magnificence, nobility, splendor, splendour |
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| | See Also: | | eclat, elegance, high-mindedness, honorableness, honourableness, idealism, noble-mindedness, sublimity, the sublime | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gran"deur\, n. [F., fr. grand. See {Grand}.]
The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness;
splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity;
elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action.
Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . .
. allure mine eye. --Milton.
Syn: Sublimity; majesty; stateliness; augustness; loftiness.
See {Sublimity}.
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| | Related Terms: | | ampleness, amplitude, augustness, Babylonian splendor, bigness, broadness, bulk, capaciousness, comprehensiveness, consequence, conspicuousness, copiousness, courtliness, dignifiedness, dignity, distinction, elaborateness, elegance, elevation, eminence, enormity, enormousness, exaltation, excellence, expanse, expansiveness, extensiveness, formidableness, fullness, generousness, gigantism, glory, gorgeousness, grandiosity, grandness, gravity, great scope, greatness, high mightiness, hugeness, immensity, importance, imposingness, impressiveness, infinity, intensity, kingliness, largeness, lavishness, loftiness, lordliness, luxuriousness, luxury, magnificence, magnitude, majesty, mark, might, mightiness, muchness, nobility, nobleness, notability, note, outstandingness, plenitude, plushness, pomp, poshness, power, pride of bearing, pride of place, princeliness, prodigiousness, profundity, prominence, proud bearing, proudness, regality, resplendence, ritziness, sedateness, significance, sobriety, solemnity, spaciousness, splendidness, splendiferousness, splendor, state, stateliness, strength, stupendousness, sublimity, sumptuousness, supereminence, tallness, tremendousness, vastness, venerability, wideness, worthiness |
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