splendour
/'splendə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- Magnificent or splendid quality: The quality of being magnificent, splendid, or grand; impressive beauty, brilliance, or sumptuousness.
- Great brightness or brilliance: Intense or dazzling light or visual impressiveness.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The splendour of the palace took our breath away.
- We watched the sunset in all its splendour.
- The ceremony was conducted with great splendour.
Advanced Usage
- "In all its splendour": used to emphasize something being seen or experienced in its full, impressive state.
- The garden is best seen in spring, in all its splendour.
- "Splendour of nature": a common phrase referring to the impressive beauty of the natural world.
- The documentary captures the untamed splendour of nature.
Variants and Related Words
- Splendid (adj): magnificent, very impressive; excellent.
- They made a splendid effort.
- Splendidly (adv): in a splendid manner.
- The event was organised splendidly.
- Resplendent (adj): attractive and impressive through being richly colourful or sumptuous. (Note: This is a related but distinct word).
- She was resplendent in a red gown.
Synonyms
- Magnificence: the quality of being magnificent.
- Grandeur: splendour and impressiveness, especially of appearance or style.
- Brilliance: intense brightness or exceptional talent.
- Gloriousness: having a striking beauty or splendour.
Idioms and Phrases
- "Past its splendour": no longer as magnificent or impressive as it once was.
- The old theatre, now past its splendour, is scheduled for renovation.
Noun
- 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
- a quality that outshines the usual