magnanimous
UK/mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs/
magnanimous adjective: noble and generous in spirit.
Adjective
magnanimous (comparative more magnanimous, superlative most magnanimous)
- Noble and generous in spirit.
- She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, […]c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609...
- First, our friendship began at that early time when alone it is unalloyed and sincere; secondly"—and here, in spite of her vivacity, Marie's voice trembled—"you are associated with the only being in the world I ever really loved; and thirdly, I have behaved exceedingly ill to you, and...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 206
- Synonyms:
- big-hearted, generous, great-hearted, large-hearted, unselfish
magnanimous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
magnanimous in Hindi
- noble and generous in spirit
- उदार udār, महानुभाव mahānubhāv, महामनस्क mahāmnask
magnanimous in Tamil
- அருளார்ந்த, இரக்க மனங்கொண்ட, பெருந்தகைமையுடைய, பெருந்தன்மையான
magnanimous in Urdu
- noble and generous in spirit
- اَعْلیٰ ظَرْف aʻlá z̤arf
magnanimous in Bengali
- "magnanimous or generous men"
- আহলে দিল ahle dil
More languagesFewer languages
- magnanimous in Malayalam
- മഹാമനസ്കനായ, മഹാനുഭാവനായ, മാഹാത്മിക, മഹാത്മാവായ
- magnanimous in Kannada
- ಉದಾರ, ಘನತೆಯುಳ್ಳ, ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನ, ಉದಾತ್ತ
- magnanimous in Sanskrit
- महात्मन् mahātman
Examples of magnanimous in a sentence
- doolittle [sad but magnanimous] They played you off very cunning, Eliza, them two sportsmen.1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company...
- I felt vaguely he was a sneak, and remained quite unmollified by advances on his side, which, in a boy's barbarous fashion, unless it suited me to be magnanimous, I haughtily ignored.1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt:
Synonyms of magnanimous
Forms of magnanimous
| comparative | more magnanimous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most magnanimous |
Origin of magnanimous
From Latin magnanimus, from magnus (“great”) + animus (“soul, mind”). Displaced native Old English miċelmōd (literally “big-minded”).
Words formed from magnanimous
Words that rhyme with magnanimous
Questions about magnanimous
- What does magnanimous mean?
- Magnanimous means noble and generous in spirit.
- What is magnanimous in Hindi?
- Magnanimous in Hindi is उदार (udār), महानुभाव (mahānubhāv), महामनस्क (mahāmnask). See Magnanimous meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use magnanimous in a sentence?
- doolittle [sad but magnanimous] They played you off very cunning, Eliza, them two sportsmen.
- What part of speech is magnanimous?
- Magnanimous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce magnanimous?
- Magnanimous is pronounced /mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs/ (UK).
Words near magnanimous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: magnanimous (page history and authors); magnanimous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আহলে দিল (Bengali) (page history and authors); magnanimous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); magnanimous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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