Another word for magnificence
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Noun
Brilliant, showy splendor
- Splendor; magnificence.
- The fact of being brilliant; great brightness, radiance, intensity, splendor, intelligence, etc.
- Exceptional clarity and agility of intellect or invention.
- An act of being brilliant.
- (Chess) A spectacular and beautiful game of chess, generally featuring sacrificial attacks and unexpected moves.
- Brilliance, as of intellect or artistic performance.
- Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness.
- A sparkling or glistening light.
- A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.
- Majestic beauty and splendor; resplendence:
- Any circle of light
- A highly praiseworthy asset:
- The characteristic or quality of being gorgeous
- The property of being, or that which causes something to be, resplendent.
- Brilliant animation; vivacity.
- A little spark; a scintillation.
- Brilliance; liveliness; vivacity
- Ostentatious showiness; flashiness:
- (Informal) Gaudy or glittery showiness or attractiveness; ostentation
See also:
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Another word for magnificence
Noun
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- Moral or intellectual greatness; nobility
- The quality or condition of being grand; magnificence:
- Nobility or greatness of character.
- The state or quality of being sublime, majestic, noble, etc.
- (Countable) Something sublime.
- The state of being exalted.
- Sovereign power, dignity, or grandeur:
- The dignity or power of a sovereign
- Used with His, Her, or Your as a title and form of address for a sovereign.
- The quality or state of being stately
- The quality of being impressive.
- The splendor and bliss of heaven; perfect happiness.
- Great honor and admiration won by doing something important or valuable; fame; renown
- Radiant beauty or splendor; magnificence
- The quality or state of being radiant; brightness
- (Physics) The radiant energy emitted per unit time in a specified direction by a unit area of an emitting surface.
- (Informal) An affair or undertaking:
- A display; a manifestation:
- Display or outward appearance:
- (Archaic) The act or an instance of showing; an exhibition.
- Showy display, as of wealth or knowledge; pretentiousness
- Pretentious display meant to impress others; pretentious showiness.
- A favor rendered by one who need not do so; indulgence.
- A special virtue, gift, or help given to a person by God
- Beauty or charm of form, composition, movement, or expression
- One that is beautiful, especially a beautiful woman.
- An outstanding or conspicuous example:
- A quality or combination of qualities that gives pleasure to the mind or senses and is often associated with properties such as harmony of form or color, proportion, authenticity, and originality.
- Physical beauty
- Great physical beauty and appeal.
- Specific or characteristic manner of expression, execution, construction, or design, in any art, period, work, employment, etc.
- The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed:
- A particular fashion:
- An embellishment or ornamentation:
- A dramatic or stylish movement, as of waving or brandishing:
- Anything done in a showy way, as a sweeping movement of the limbs or body
- The state or property of being luxurious, of being expensive or indulgently pleasant.
- Small pieces of light-reflecting decorative material.
- Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness.
- Bits of glittering material used for decoration
- The state or quality of being exalted in character.
- Noble rank or status:
- The class of people of noble rank or having hereditary titles: usually limited in Great Britain to the peerage
- Arrogance or haughtiness
- The state of being lofty.
- The state or characteristic of being lavish.
- The state or quality of being brilliant, as:
- Exceptional clarity and agility of intellect or invention.
- The fact of being brilliant; great brightness, radiance, intensity, splendor, intelligence, etc.
- Magnificent richness or glory; pomp; grandeur
- Something grand or magnificent.
- Magnificent appearance or display; grandeur.
- The property or characteristic of being ostentatious.
- Vain or ostentatious display:
- Stately or brilliant display; splendor
- Ostentatious show or display
- The condition of being spectacular.
- Stylishness or elegance.
- Swaggering, ostentatious behavior, speech, etc.
- Stylish display or ostentation in dress, etc.
- (Soccer) Peterborough United F.C., a football club from Peterborough, England
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