grandeur English

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What does grandeur mean?

grandeur

— noun (= magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandness) 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

— noun (= nobility) the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct

Synonyms grandeur synonyms

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grandeur English » English

splendour

magnificence

splendor

glory

pomp

greatness

majesty

dignity

elegance

noble

grandness

eminence

eclat

brilliance

state

splendidness

nobleness

nobility

magnanimousness

luxury

beauty

pre-eminence

marvel

loftiness

excellence

display

wealth

upright

the sublime

sublimity

sublimeness

sublime

stylish

stately

splendid

size

showy

show

sheen

richness

quantity

princely

prestige

precious

pomposity

parade

panoply

pageantry

ostentation

mightiness

Topics grandeur topics

What do people use grandeur to talk about?

Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud

• What words refer to thinking you are more important than you really are?
  self-important pompous jumped up have delusions of grandeur get too big for your boots/britches

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Movie subtitles

What grandeur, what charm.

His attempted action must therefore be attributed. to a diseased mind, afflicted with hallucinations of grandeur. and obsessed with an insane desire to become a public benefactor.

Delusions of grandeur!

You got delusions of grandeur?

The sleep will leave our country's eyes And on the shards of tsardom's grandeur All our names will be incised!

Grandeur and duty of the postal service.

Grandeur and decadence of the postal service!

Ma foi, je ne peut vous abbaissez votre grandeur en baisant la main d'une de votre indigne serviteur.

As I was saying, this motion picture. was photographed in the grandeur of CinemaScope. and in gorgeous, lifelike color by Deluxe.

The majesty and grandeur of the English language.

Grandeur, nobility.

Trying to steal 100,000 dollars to buy land that the railroad must purchase to come through, all because of your greediness and to satisfy your mania for grandeur.

Perhaps he's suffering from delusions of grandeur.

If it's true, the Commander seems to be suffering delusions of grandeur.

His attempted action must therefore be attributed to a diseased mind, afflicted with hallucinations of grandeur and obsessed with an insane desire to become a public benefactor.

Now he has delusions of grandeur!

In majestic combat Kanchenjungha unfolds his grandeur and power and once again transforms into the luminous, unreachable mountain that rests above the clouds for the entire year.

Dazzled the believer stands in front of the golden grandeur of the housetops.

Why it looks just like a country cousin Amid all this grandeur.

Oh, yes, most kind grandeur.

We were urging Her Royal Grandeur to think of peace.

You worry me, he'll give you delusions of grandeur.

You know, I heard a foreigner say once that there wasn't nothing in the Swiss Alps that could beat the Rocky Mountains when it come to scenic grandeur.

I've always felt that Hollywood had a wonderful kind of foolish grandeur, like an Italian court in the Renaissance.

He's not exactly handsome, but I'm told he has a rugged grandeur...and he wears a flower in his buttonhole.

What a haven of peace, grandeur and stillness. And we're here to share our pirate stories.

The grandeur has gone to his head.

It has a certain grandeur.

The man has delusions of grandeur.

This family sure has delusions of grandeur!

The more I approached the world of my childhood, the more the grandeur of the city disappeared.

This stubborn mule's got delusions of grandeur now.

That's the goal to try for- death and grandeur.

You have delusions of grandeur, my boy.

Inordinate ambition, delusions of grandeur.

I want you to see your Emperor surrounded by the grandeur and splendor that befit the sovereign of the first nation in the world.

Don't let your successes infect you with delusions of grandeur.

We shall strive to be worthy of your sense of grandeur.

Shorty, you must be havin' illusions of grandeur.

News and current affairs

Entering NATO marks a formal acknowledgement that Romania (or Bulgaria, or Hungary, or Poland for that matter) is surrendering its claims to unlimited sovereignty, and to all the dreams of grandeur that go with it.

But we also find it in the Enlightenment tradition, which declares that man is the measure of all things or that he is vested with grandeur and dignity.

Azerbaijan's illusions of grandeur are easier to understand but just as debilitating.

According to this view, British ambivalence toward Europe may reflect a persistent inability to leave behind the days of imperial grandeur.

But Israel's breathtaking victory against three Arab armies in 1967 brought it not only grandeur, but also moral and political decay.

President Jacques Chirac of France has the support of his people, but he also has an agenda that appears to be concerned as much with French grandeur as with mere popular acclaim.