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[ glawr-ee-uhs, glohr- ] / ˈglɔr i əs, ˈgloʊr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR glorious ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedelightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus. conferring glory: a glorious victory. full of glory; entitled to great renown: England is glorious in her poetry. brilliantly beautiful or magnificent; splendid: a glorious summer day. Archaic. blissfully drunk. Origin of glorious1300–50; Middle English <Anglo-French, Old French glorieus<Latin glōriōsus.See glory, -ous SYNONYMS FOR glorious3 famous, famed, renowned, illustrious, noted, celebrated, eminent, distinguished. SEE SYNONYMS FOR glorious ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR glorious1 unpleasant, disgusting. 3 unknown. SEE ANTONYMS FOR glorious ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM gloriousglo·ri·ous·ly, adverbglo·ri·ous·ness, nounqua·si-glo·ri·ous, adjectivequa·si-glo·ri·ous·ly, adverb su·per·glo·ri·ous, adjectivesu·per·glo·ri·ous·ly, adverbsu·per·glo·ri·ous·ness, nounun·glo·ri·ous, adjectiveun·glo·ri·ous·ly, adverb Words nearby gloriousglorification, glorify, gloriole, gloriosa, gloriosa lily, glorious, Glorious Revolution, glory, glory box, glory hole, glory-of-the-snow Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gloriousTo whet your appetite, you can relive that glorious moment (and watch other programs from the 2014 summit) here. Save the Date: Women in the World 2015||December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST What a glorious yuletide moment of national fellowship H.R. 83 was! Congress’ Gift That Keeps on Giving|P. J. O’Rourke|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST But then Ferguson happened and all of that glorious approach went out the window. Dear White People: Well-Meaning Paternalism Is Still Racist|Chloé Valdary|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Or for the first time, if you missed the glorious train-wreck that was the Sex Pistols. The Rancid Ballad of Johnny Rotten: His Memoir Seethes With Anger—And Charm|Legs McNeil|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So the klieg lights shifted to the glorious and not-so-distant past. Tatiana Sorokko Is the Queen of Vintage Couture|Anthony Haden-Guest|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST I need not repeat the number of his great and glorious actions, which mark him the General and the hero. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton It seems always the glorious prototype of Mariposilla, who ever stole its fickle lights and shades. Mariposilla|Mary Stewart Daggett They were to be allowed to usher in the glorious day by the blowing of horns exactly at sunrise. The Peterkin Papers|Lucretia P Hale Over the little, spent congregation hung a glorious atmosphere of detachment. Fanny Herself|Edna Ferber Late in the afternoon, however, came a brief battalion drill, followed by the glorious spectacle of dress parade. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks|H. Irving Hancock
British Dictionary definitions for glorious
adjectivehaving or full of glory; illustrious conferring glory or renowna glorious victory brilliantly beautiful delightful or enjoyable informal drunk Derived forms of gloriousgloriously, adverbgloriousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to gloriousbeautiful, remarkable, magnificent, enjoyable, marvelous, bright, shining, illustrious, dazzling, superb, wonderful, grand, noble, gorgeous, famous, memorable, heroic, great, splendid, brilliant |