Thesaurus results for NOBLENESS

nobleness

noun

Definition of nobleness

as in brilliance

impressiveness of beauty on a large scale these snapshots just don't convey the breathtaking nobleness of St. Peter's basilica in Rome

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Noun

No headliner has ever been an ex–drug dealer whose entire mythos is wrapped up in transmuting block-boy brilliance into boardroom brute force.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
What came next made Lekkerimäki’s moment of brilliance something more than a nuanced, impressive shot from a rapidly and surprisingly developing Canucks sniper.

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of brilliance

Noun

Thankfully, the lunar disk will set a few hours after midnight, leaving a window of beautifully dark sky before dawn in which to enjoy the full majesty of the annual meteor shower.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The best O’Hara acolytes are the ones who encourage us to see the beauty in the world, attuned to torsos on a New York Street or the majesty of making eggs for a loved one.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of majesty

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Legal recognition of the country’s nobility stopped in 1946 and for aristocrats such as Princess Giacinta Ruspoli, upkeep of the family’s ancestral homes doesn’t come cheap.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Thomas Jefferson is believed to have loved these wines and today they are enjoyed by Italian nobility and discerning wine lovers the world over.

— Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of nobility

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Beautiful cemeteries can captivate with their artistic and architectural elegance, entice with lessons in local history, and tantalize the senses with botanical delights.

— Mitchell Gilburne, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2026
The Napoleonic Wars raged across continental Europe, but that did not stop society life from carrying on in all its dazzling elegance.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of elegance

Noun

You could get lost in the grandeur of the rocket boosters, full of solid rocket propellant like a firework, or the steampunk bell curve of the main engines, which shoot the spacecraft to more than 17,000 miles per hour in orbit.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Guests increasingly seek wellness, privacy and a sense of belonging rather than impersonal grandeur.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of grandeur

Noun

Yedikule Fortress, a former prison and imperial treasury whose origins go back to the fourth-century Walls of Constantinople, is returning to its former magnificence as the result of a multi-stage restoration project.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
The magnificence of the AI renaissance has blinded our society to its pernicious creep into the arts.

— David Barber, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of magnificence

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