magnificent
AdjectiveUS[mag-nif-uh-suhnt]/mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/4 syllablesalso [mag-nif-ih-suhnt] /mæɡˈnɪfɪsənt/
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- characterized by grandeur“the brilliant court life at Versailles”“a glorious work of art”“magnificent cathedrals”“the splendid coronation ceremony”Synonyms: brilliantglorioussplendidOpposite unimpressiveSimilar impressive
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Translations
Adjective grand, elegant or splendid in appearance
- Spanish
- magnífico
- French
- magnifique
- German
- prächtig
- Italian
- magnifico
- Portuguese
- magnífico
- Turkish
- muhteşem
- Russian
- великоле́пный velikolépnyj
- Arabic
- رَائِع rāʔiʕ
- Chinese
- 壮丽 zhuànglì
- Dutch
- prachtig
11 more languages
- Swedish
- magnifik
- Greek
- μεγαλοπρεπής megaloprepís
- Vietnamese
- tráng lệ
- Portuguese (PT)
- magnífico
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 壯麗 zhuànglì
- Catalan
- magnífic
- Esperanto
- belega
- Finnish
- suurenmoinen
- Romanian
- magnific
- Serbo-Croatian
- veličanstven
- Welsh
- arddun
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Mag·nif′i·cent adjective
Origin: See Magnificence.
1. Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence.
A prince is never so magnificent As when he's sparing to enrich a few With the injuries of many.— Philip Massinger
2. Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid; pompous.
When Rome's exalted beauties I descry Magnificent in piles of ruin lie.— Joseph Addison
Synonyms: Glorious; majestic; sublime. See Grand.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
The Devil's Dictionary
MAGNIFICENT, adj. Having a grandeur or splendor superior to that to which the spectator is accustomed, as the ears of an ass, to a rabbit, or the glory of a glowworm, to a maggot.