- extremely attractive and impressive; deserving praise synonym splendid
- The Taj Mahal is a magnificent building.
- She looked magnificent in her wedding dress.
- You've all done a magnificent job.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- really
- truly
- absolutely
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Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin magnificent- ‘making great’, based on magnus ‘great’.Definitions on the go
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