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Grandeur – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

27/05/2020
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Today’s word of the day is ‘Grandeur’ Let us understand more about this word.  grandeur [ gran-jer ]
What is this word’s grammar?
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
Does the word have a past tense? What is it?

No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.

What is the meaning of the word ‘grandeur‘?
Word of the day-Grandeur

It means:

1. Great importance

2. Splendour and impressiveness

3. Magnificence

4. Glory

How is ‘grandeur’ pronounced in popular languages?

1. Hindi -Shaan

2. Spanish – Grandeza

3. French – Grandeur

4. Mandarin – Hóngwěi

How to use this word in a sentence?

1. The poem is full of pathos and humour; full of beauty and grandeur, earnestness and truth.

2. Yet there was a grandeur in my desolation that would have elevated my heart but for the fear.

3. The shock and the wonder of its grandeur took my breath away.

4. There is a grandeur in the ruin to be enjoyed, as well as a scene of beauty from its towers.

5. These are the bits of our life which I enjoy; which have some poetry, some grandeur in them.
What are some synonyms of the word of the day?

Some synonyms of the word are:

beauty, breadth, brilliance, dignity, glory, grandiosity, gravity, greatness, magnificence, majesty, nobility, opulence, pomp, richness, splendour, vastness, amplitude, celebrity, circumstance, distinction, elevation, eminence, expansiveness, fame, fineness, handsomeness, immensity, impressiveness, loftiness, luxuriousness, might, preeminence, state, stateliness, sublimity, sumptuousness, sway, transcendency, augustness, inclusiveness, superbity, ceremonial etc.

What are some antonyms of the word of the day?

Some antonyms of the word are:

dullness, insignificance, simplicity, ugliness, unimportance

Quotation:

There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous – and were men. But now the poet as the tragic child of grandeur and destiny had changed. The child of genius was a woman, now, and the man was gone.

Tom Wolfe

Social Example:

https://twitter.com/KarnatakaWorld/status/1264445377857548289
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