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splendor
UK /ˈsplɛndə/ US /ˈsplɛndɚ/
noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, amazed, calm, full, great, literary, new, own
VERB + SPLENDOR
allowed, built, flower, imagine, keeps, level, share
SPLENDOR + NOUN
queen's, scenery, sea, sun
PREP.
in, out, with
Definitions
noun
1
Great light, luster or brilliance.
What tho’ the moon—the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death.
Once upon a time on an uninhabited island on the shores of the Red Sea, there lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental-splendour.
2
Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur.
The splendor of the Queen's coronation was without comparison.
The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.
3
Great fame or glory.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
- magnificence
- brilliance
- splendour
- grandeur
- grandness
noun — a quality that outshines the usual
- luster
- lustre
- brilliancy
- splendour
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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What tho’ the moon—the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after
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Once upon a time on an uninhabited island on the shores of the Red Sea, there lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental-splendour.
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The splendor of the Queen's coronation was without comparison.
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By morning the clouds had lifted and the whole length of the Himalayas lay before us in all its splendor.
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The reason the Northern and Southern Dynasties had failed in their rule was that they allowed literary splendor to surpass real substance.
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When I lived in the countryside, I could see millions of stars at night but I had no one with whom to share their splendor.
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