Meaning & use
grandeur
Impressive beauty, size, or dignity that inspires awe or admiration.
See it in a sentence
Tourists gasped at the grandeur of the ancient cathedral's soaring stone arches.
The palace was built to reflect the grandeur of the ruling dynasty.
A note on using this word
Grandeur often describes scale and majesty together, more than plain beauty or simple size alone.
Words with a similar meaning
splendormagnificence
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Words with an opposite meaning
shabbinessmeanness
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