ma·jes·tic

(mə-jĕs′tĭk) also ma·jes·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)

adj.

Impressive or beautiful in a dignified or inspiring way. See Synonyms at grand.

ma·jes′ti·cal·ly adv.

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majestic

(məˈdʒɛstɪk) or less commonly

majestical

adj

having or displaying majesty or great dignity; grand; lofty

maˈjestically adv

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ma•jes•tic

(məˈdʒɛs tɪk)

also ma•jes′ti•cal,

adj.

characterized by or possessing majesty; lofty or imposing; grand: the majestic Alps.

[1595–1605]

ma•jes′ti•cal•ly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	majestic - majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters; "his majestic presence"; "olympian detachment"; "olympian beauty and serene composure" olympian superior - of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior ruler"
	2.	majestic - having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks" proud, gallant, lofty impressive - making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony"
	3.	majestic - belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head" regal, purple, imperial, royal noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"

majestic

adjective grand, magnificent, impressive, superb, kingly, royal, august, princely, imposing, imperial, noble, splendid, elevated, awesome, dignified, regal, stately, monumental, sublime, lofty, pompous, grandiose, exalted, splendiferous (facetious) a majestic country home
ordinary, modest, humble, lowly, unassuming, undistinguished, ignoble, unimposing

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majestic

adjective

Large and impressive in size, scope, or extent:

august, baronial, grand, grandiose, imposing, lordly, magnific, magnificent, noble, princely, regal, royal, splendid, stately, sublime, superb.

Translations

عَظيم، مَهيب

majestátní

majestætisk

tignarlegur

haşmetlişahane

majestic

[məˈdʒestɪk] ADJ → majestuoso

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majestic

[məˈdʒɛstɪk] adj → majestueux/euse

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majestic

adj → majestätisch; proportions → stattlich; music → getragen; (= not slow) → erhaben

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majestic

[məˈdʒɛstɪk] adj → maestoso/a

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majesty

(ˈmӕdʒəsti) – plural ˈmajesties – noun

1. greatness; impressive dignity. the majesty of God.

2. (with capital. with His, ~Your etc) a title used when speaking to or of a king or queen: Her Majesty the Queen: Their Majesties: Your Majesty.

maˈjestic (-ˈdʒes-) adjective

having great dignity. He looked truly majestic.

maˈjestically adverb

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Under the gleaming icons stood a long invalid chair, and in that chair on snowy-white smooth pillows, evidently freshly changed, Pierre saw- covered to the waist by a bright green quilt- the familiar, majestic figure of his father, Count Bezukhov, with that gray mane of hair above his broad forehead which reminded one of a lion, and the deep characteristically noble wrinkles of his handsome, ruddy face.

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The church of Notre-Dame de Paris is still no doubt, a majestic and sublime edifice.

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Filled with dreary imaginations, I passed through many beautiful and majestic scenes, but my eyes were fixed and unobserving.

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I said "petrified" was good; as I be- lieved, myself, that the only right way to classify the majestic ages of some of those jokes was by geologic periods.

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Out of the high heaven is she summoned, from mystic communion with her own perfection, from majestic labours in the Sistine Chapel of the Stars,--yea, she must put aside her gold-leaf and purples and leave unfinished the very panels of the throne of God,--that Circe shall have her palace, and her worshippers their gilded sty.

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It borrows a certain dignity of sameness from the majestic monotony of the sea.

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How many generations of the majestic trees which overshadow them have grown and flourished and decayed since first they were erected!

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