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. Mark Herring:

   For too long, we have overlooked the inherent racism of these monuments, and for too long we have allowed the grandeur of the architecture to blind us to the insult of glorifying men for their roles in fighting to perpetuate the inhumanity of slavery.

2. Albert Camus:

   If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

3. Johann Kaspar Lavater:

   He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.

4. Georges Bataille:

   Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but it only finds its grandeur and its reality in ecstasy and in ecstatic love.

5. Romila Thapar:

   I think it does make a difference to those who feel that these rituals uphold the grandeur of Hinduism, and so they take pride in that, they see that the state is putting in so much money, and they justify it by arguing that 'we are the rightful citizens and the state should put money into our events'.

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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