- 1the quality of being great and impressive in appearance synonym splendor the grandeur and simplicity of Roman architecture The hotel had an air of faded grandeur.
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- 2the importance or social status someone has or thinks they have He has a sense of grandeur about him. She is clearly suffering from delusions of grandeur (= thinks she is more important than she really is). see grand
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