grandeur
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
grandeur
n 1: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for
magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's
hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one
expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its
stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned
grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the
grandness and elegance it brings to their products" [syn:
{magnificence}, {brilliance}, {splendor}, {splendour},
{grandeur}, {grandness}]
2: the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character
or ideals or conduct [syn: {nobility}, {nobleness},
{magnanimousness}, {grandeur}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Grandeur \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.
[1913 Webster]
Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show
Of luxury . . . allure mine eye. --Milton.
Syn: Sublimity; majesty; stateliness; augustness; loftiness.
See {Sublimity}.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
102 Moby Thesaurus words for "grandeur":
Babylonian splendor, ampleness, amplitude, augustness, 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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