Meaning & use
splendour
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Great and impressive beauty or magnificence, especially of an elaborate or striking kind.
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Visitors marveled at the splendour of the ancient palace.
The sunset filled the sky with splendour.
A note on using this word
Splendour is the standard British and Commonwealth spelling; American English uses 'splendor.'
Words with a similar meaning
magnificencegrandeur
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Words with an opposite meaning
squalordrabness
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