Grandeur
['grændjə;-(d)ʒə] or ['ɡrændʒɚ]
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Greatness, sublimity.[2]. Majesty, loftiness, stateliness, state, dignity, pomp, magnificence, augustness, splendor.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dignity, magnificence, display, pomp, ostentation
ANT:Meanness, paltriness
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Examples
- Its grandeur-- its treasure of paintings, its magnificent halls were objects soothing and even exhilarating. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Its grandeur has outlived the high commercial prosperity and the political importance that made it a necessity, or rather a possibility. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In all the grandeur of these forests there is repose; in all their freshness there is tenderness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The connoisseur, accustomed to the possession of jewels, finds in its soft luster a grandeur above that of all the sparkling stones. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mrs Boffin, insisting that Bella should make tomorrow's expedition in the chariot, she went home in great grandeur. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She had no experience beyond her father's cottage; and the mansion of the lord of the manor was the chiefest type of grandeur she could conceive. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Their expense, too, their grandeur and magnificence, must be suited to what that commerce can afford to pay. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His brother's greatness, wealth, freedom, and grandeur, pleased him without any reference to himself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The republican form of government seems to be the principal support of the present grandeur of Holland. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I collect, said Miss Crawford, that Sotherton is an old place, and a place of some grandeur. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Amazing heights of upright grandeur. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They are relics of the grandeur of Genoa's palmy days--the days when she was a great commercial and maritime power several centuries ago. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Our expectations of the future grandeur of America are not so magnificent, and, therefore, not so vain and visionary, as you represent them to be. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- These pillars are small, and doubtless the edifices they adorned were distinguished more for elegance than grandeur. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The grandeur of the house astonished, but could not console her. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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