Definitions for grandeur
ˈgræn dʒər, -dʒʊərgrandeur

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandnessnoun

   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"

2. nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeurnoun

   the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grandeurnoun

   The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.

2. grandeurnoun

   Nobility.

3. grandeurnoun

   Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.

4. Etymology: From grandeur, from grand, from grandis.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Grandeurnoun

   Etymology: French.

   1. State; splendour of appearance; magnificence.

   As a magistrate or great officer, he locks himself from all approaches by the multiplied formalities of attendance, by the distance of ceremony and grandeur. Robert South, Sermons.

   2. Elevation of sentiment or language.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Grandeurnoun

   the state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action

Matched Categories

1. • Elegance
   • Honorableness

Anagrams for grandeur »

1. unregard

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of grandeur in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of grandeur in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of grandeur in a Sentence

1. Benita Owobi:

   God is the creator, we are the masterpiece fashioned to radiate and display his grandeur.

2. Jean Cocteau:

   The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizzare which seems inherent in them.

3. Corey Knowlton:

   Maybe 100 years from now -- maybe it's delusions of grandeur -- but I hope people will look at it and say this was the turning point that got people to understand what it means to be a conservationist.

4. Pietro Aretino:

   A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.

5. Henri-Frédéric Amiel:

   Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and while the soul of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs shuddering the storm-beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both! Each represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is due to both.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=grandeur
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Grandeur
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=grandeur
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandeur