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UK
/ɡɹændˈɜː/
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[ US /ɡɹænˈduɹ/ ]
[ US /ɡɹænˈduɹ/ ]
NOUN
- the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
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the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
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
for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel
How To Use grandeur In A Sentence
- The orchestral arrangements added fresh layers of drama and grandeur to her already baroque style. Times, Sunday Times
- The Catalinas, in all of their grandeur, are going through that process of deformation right now.
- Only by crossing the short bridge can you take in its natural grandeur and the maze of streets that make up the medieval town. Times, Sunday Times
- But these pleasures are subsidiary to those afforded by James's sensibility, which transforms the squalor and pettiness of crime into the grandeur of desolation.
- The historical quaintness described at each river-side town the men pass glorifies the grandeur of a long lost Britain.
- She wants to travel first - class: she must have delusions of grandeur.
- But it's all kept very low key with no rock-star nonsense by surf-celebrator Malloy, whose stylish documentary elevates all of the tour's nuances Endless Summer-style, with human moments outweighing grandeur and without the bro-chatter of the latter. Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Reviews: Jack Johnson, R.E.M., Train, Dolly, Carly, and More, Plus U2 Plays The Rose Bowl, and This Week's New Albums
- And when the silent darkness enveloped all this beauty, and grandeur, and magnificence in undistinguishable gloom, my mind experienced that wonderful sense of freedom and relief which come from all that suggests the idea of boundlessness -- the deep sky, the dark night, the endless circle, the illimitable waters. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada
- These may not address their Majesties, but they may stare; nor will it be contested that the attentive circular eyes of the humble domestic creatures are an embellishment to Royal pomp and grandeur, such truly as should one day gain for them an inweaving and figurement -- in the place of bees, ermine tufts, and their various present decorations -- upon the august great robes back-flowing and foaming over the gaspy page-boys. The Egoist
- The other approach is to bless a lowly subject, such as the life and times of a clockmaker, with the grandeur and solemnity of an epic.