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splendour
noun UK (US splendor) /ˈsplen.dər/
/-dɚ/ Definition
C2 [U] great beauty that attracts admiration and attention: They bought a decaying 16th-century manor house and restored it to its original splendour.Beauty and attractiveness splendours (mainly US splendors) [plural] › the beautiful features or qualities of a place, etc.: the splendours of VeniceBeauty and attractiveness
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Synonyms and related words:
- beauty noun (BEING BEAUTIFUL)
- bloom noun (GOOD HEALTH)
- crowning glory idiom
- desirability noun
- fairness noun (BEAUTY)
- glory noun (BEAUTY)
- good looks noun
- grace noun (MOVEMENT)
- grandeur noun
- hourglass figure noun
- jewel noun (BEAUTIFUL/IMPORTANT THING)
- lustre noun
- majesty noun
- nobility noun (MORAL)
- poetry noun
- pulchritude noun
- radiance noun (HAPPINESS/BEAUTY)
- vision noun (BEAUTIFUL SIGHT)
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