splendor
brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
an instance or display of imposing pomp or grandeur: the splendor of the coronation.
grandeur; glory; brilliant distinction: the splendor of ancient Greek architecture.
great brightness; brilliant light or luster.
to make splendid by decorating lavishly; adorn.
to move or proceed with splendor, grandeur, or pomp.
Origin of splendor
1- Also especially British, splen·dour .
Other words for splendor
Opposites for splendor
Other words from splendor
- splen·dor·ous, splen·drous [splen-druhs], /ˈsplɛn drəs/, adjective
- outsplendor, verb (used with object)
- un·splen·dor·ous, adjective
- un·splen·dor·ous·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with splendor
- splendid, splendorous
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How to use splendor in a sentence
This stately coquette did not choose to be seen in the midst of medical appliances and without the splendors of apparel.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacYour hidden splendors come forth; spread out your powers, O racers!
Sacred Books of the East | VariousIn the train of King August are likewise splendors of a sort, if we had time for them.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleOur joss-houses and our feasts are nothing to the splendors of American churches.
As A Chinaman Saw Us | AnonymousPoor Lady Clavering, meanwhile, knew little regarding these things, and had a sad want of respect for the splendors around her.
A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 | William Makepeace Thackeray
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