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Meanings of grandeur in English
The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand.
Synonyms
Examples for "nobility"
Examples for "nobility"
1
The people are indeed the fuel; but the nobility fan the flame.
2
The Senate and the Roman nobility were in the main the same.
3
Enough of nobility in name; I mean to prove nobility in deed.
4
Let the disputing families see that true nobility is expressed in largesse.
5
This in itself shows a lack of nobility in the popular theology.
1
There is nobleness in thee; but there is some degree of folly.
2
The contagion of nobleness finds a susceptibility for that contagion in yourself.
3
Restrictions and limitations are of the essence of all nobleness and virtue.
4
I am a woman, but I feel the nobleness of my blood.
5
Besides, freedom and knowledge are the guides to every form of nobleness.
1
"I'll help," announced Carl in a burst of magnanimousness.
Usage of grandeur in English
1
The noise was terrific; the sight was terrible in its fierce grandeur.
2
The motive of the Exposition was the grandeur of a great labor.
3
In him the House of Ferrece might hope to return to grandeur.
4
But he had no idea of the personal grandeur of the place.
5
Such addiction to big-project folies de grandeur is common to governments everywhere.
6
The American forest exhibits in the highest degree the grandeur of repose.
7
The valley now becomes more spacious; while its boundaries increase in grandeur.
8
Homer stands in almost solitary grandeur in the early annals of Greece.
9
The burning the grass in Manding exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur.
10
The burning the grass in Mandingo exhibits a scene of terrific grandeur.
11
You may yet see in this land the grandeur of the dawn.
12
Nuclear war would be just a spark in the grandeur of space.
13
The university hospital stood in all its grandeur right outside the station.
14
But there is neither grandeur nor gorgeousness in drowning in a tub.
15
You must only remain in health to see me in my grandeur.
16
The grandeur of mountains depends mostly on the state of the atmosphere.
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Translations for grandeur
Grandeur through the time
Grandeur across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common