majestic

[ muh-jes-tik ]
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adjective
  1. characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.

Origin of majestic

1
First recorded in 1595–1605; majest(y) + -ic
  • Also ma·jes·ti·cal .

Other words for majestic

Opposites for majestic

Other words from majestic

  • ma·jes·ti·cal·ly, adverb
  • un·ma·jes·tic, adjective
  • un·ma·jes·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words that may be confused with majestic

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How to use majestic in a sentence

  • The first six lines of the stanza seem majestical and severe; but the two last turn them all into a pleasant ridicule.

  • The first six lines of the stanza seem majestical and severe, but the two last turn them all into a pleasant ridicule.

  • It is our will That thus enchains us to permitted ill— We might be otherwise—we might be all We dream of happy, high, majestical.

    Mysticism in English Literature | Caroline F. E. Spurgeon
  • The yachts were moving away yonder, majestical, swan-like, white sails shining against the blue.

    Phantom Fortune, A Novel | M. E. Braddon
  • All at once, as he ran by the ridge of Parnassus, there in the cool of a cleft was seated the majestical god Pan!

    The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward Berdoe

British Dictionary definitions for majestic

majestic

less commonly majestical

/ (məˈdʒɛstɪk) /


adjective
  1. having or displaying majesty or great dignity; grand; lofty

Derived forms of majestic

  • majestically, adverb

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