Something that is glorious is very beautiful and impressive.
...a glorious rainbow in the air.
She had missed the glorious blooms of the Mediterranean spring.
...a glorious Edwardian opera house.
Synonyms: splendid, beautiful, bright, brilliant More Synonyms of glorious
gloriouslyadverb [usually ADVERB adjective]
...gloriously embroidered costumes.
2. adjective
If you describe something as glorious, you are emphasizing that it is wonderful and it makes you feel very happy.
[emphasis]
The win revived glorious memories of his championship-winning days.
We opened the windows and let in the glorious evening air.
Synonyms: delightful, fine, wonderful, excellent More Synonyms of glorious
gloriouslyadverb
...her gloriously happy love life.
3. adjective
A glorious career, victory, or occasion involves great fame or success.
Harrison had a glorious career spanning more than six decades.
Her future could be more glorious even than her past.
Synonyms: illustrious, famous, celebrated, distinguished More Synonyms of glorious
gloriouslyadverb [usually ADVERB adjective]
But the mission was successful, gloriously successful.
4. adjective
Glorious weather is hot and sunny.
I got dressed and emerged into glorious sunshine.
The sun was out again, and it was a glorious day.
gloriouslyadverb [ADVERB adjective]
For a change, it was a gloriously sunny day.
glorious in British English
(ˈɡlɔːrɪəs)
adjective
1.
having or full of glory; illustrious
2.
conferring glory or renown
a glorious victory
3.
brilliantly beautiful
4.
delightful or enjoyable
5. informal
drunk
Derived forms
gloriously (ˈgloriously)
adverb
gloriousness (ˈgloriousness)
noun
glorious in American English
(ˈglɔriəs)
adjective
1.
having, giving, or deserving glory
2.
splendid; magnificent
3. Informal
very delightful or enjoyable
Derived forms
gloriously (ˈgloriously)
adverb
gloriousness (ˈgloriousness)
noun
Word origin
ME & Anglo-Fr < OFr glorios < L gloriosus
Examples of 'glorious' in a sentence
glorious
Or at least, the past glorious week did.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His innings was a sketch rather than the full, glorious and priceless oil painting.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
At the moment we are sitting on the veranda in glorious sunshine, looking out over the garden to the sea.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
As in, if the flesh comes clean from the bone, our wider future may be glorious.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It should have been the triumphant homecoming of a hero, the preamble to a glorious new career as his country's next president.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
But try proving that you were denied the certainty of a glorious, enriching career because of something terrible that happened when you were 13 years old.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They are the great big glorious band of the curious.
Christianity Today (2000)
This has been a glorious year full of impossible stories.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This was a nightmare end to a glorious career.
The Sun (2012)
It brought glorious warm dry sunny weather.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Will it embrace the new business world or seek refuge in its glorious past?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That glorious victory of his here last year must seem like a distant memory now.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One more toast on this great and glorious day of victory.
Iain Gale Man of Honour (2007)
Farther round you look across a valley to a hillside full of glorious autumn colour.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was a sad note on which to end a glorious career.
Leo McKinstry Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest FootballManager (2006)
They can get a bit fed up with the focus on its glorious industrial past.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But theirs had been a vital contribution to the glorious victory.
Malcolm Balen A Model Victory (2005)
And it was a great and glorious thing.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But the end of his glorious career is unlikely to happen just yet.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There it is, glorious and beautiful!
Hans Christian Andersen Andersen's Fairy Tales (1874)
The ground won't be anywhere near as soft today with glorious autumnal sunshine forecast.
The Sun (2013)
Enough to give Scotland a bright and glorious independent future.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This weekend you have the joy of watching a Times columnist in full and glorious action.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But at the other end of Britain northerners flocked to beaches to bask in hours of glorious sunshine.
The Sun (2008)
The poor boyfriend seems to have disappeared, but the wine was so glorious that her future was sealed.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Beautiful film with glorious songs.
The Sun (2009)
Happy and glorious for sure.
The Sun (2012)
Or have been aware that anything so beautiful and so glorious and splendid and terrifying and wonderful could exist on this Earth.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was a glorious sunny day, the sea was inviting and it was slap bang in the middle of the holiday season.
The Sun (2008)
Next morning I awoke to glorious sunshine.
Ben Nimmo IN FORKBEARD'S WAKE: Coasting Round Scandinavia (2003)
In other languages
glorious
British English: glorious /ˈɡlɔːrɪəs/ ADJECTIVE
If you describe something as glorious, you are emphasizing that it is very beautiful or wonderful.
...a glorious rainbow.
American English: glorious
Arabic: جَلِيل
Brazilian Portuguese: glorioso
Chinese: 显赫的
Croatian: veličanstven
Czech: úžasný
Danish: prægtig
Dutch: glorieus
European Spanish: glorioso
Finnish: loistava
French: glorieux
German: herrlich
Greek: ένδοξος
Italian: magnifico
Japanese: すばらしい
Korean: 영광스러운
Norwegian: praktfull
Polish: sławny
European Portuguese: glorioso
Romanian: splendid
Russian: великолепный
Latin American Spanish: glorioso
Swedish: strålande
Thai: สวยงามมาก
Turkish: görkemli
Ukrainian: славетний
Vietnamese: huy hoàng
Chinese translation of 'glorious'
glorious
(ˈɡlɔːrɪəs)
adj
[sunshine, day, weather]灿(燦)烂(爛)的 (cànlàn de)
[victory, occasion, career]光荣(榮)的 (guāngróng de)
1 (adjective)
Definition
brilliantly beautiful
a glorious Edwardian opera house
Synonyms
splendid
a splendid Victorian mansion
beautiful
a beautiful red-haired woman
bright
Newborns hate bright lights and loud noises.
brilliant
The event was held in brilliant sunshine.
shining
shining brass buttons
superb
a superb 18-hole golf course
divine (informal)
You look simply divine.
gorgeous
It's a gorgeous day.
dazzling
He gave a dazzling performance.
radiant
Out on the bay the morning is radiant.
resplendent
She was resplendent in royal blue velvet.
effulgent
splendiferous (facetious)
Opposites
awful
,
dull
,
horrible
,
unpleasant
,
gloomy
,
dreary
,
unimpressive
2 (adjective)
Definition
delightful or enjoyable
We opened the window and let in the glorious evening air.
Synonyms
delightful
The most delightful garden I had ever seen.
fine
This is a fine book.
wonderful
I've always thought he was a wonderful actor.
excellent
We complimented him on doing an excellent job.
heavenly (informal)
The idea of spending two weeks in Italy seems heavenly.
marvellous
He certainly is a marvellous actor.
splendid
The book includes a wealth of splendid photographs.
gorgeous
I've had a gorgeous time today.
pleasurable
the most pleasurable experience of the evening
splendiferous (facetious)
3 (adjective)
Definition
having or full of glory
He had a glorious career spanning more than six decades.
Synonyms
illustrious
the most illustrious scientists of the century
famous
England's most famous landscape artist, John Constable
celebrated
He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.
distinguished
a distinguished academic family
noted
Chomsky's father was a noted Hebrew scholar.
The paper has never been noted for its foreign affairs coverage.
grand
a grand building in the centre of town
excellent
honoured
magnificent
a magnificent country house in wooded grounds
noble
Although he was of noble birth he lived as a poor man.