glorious

[ glawr-ee-uhs, glohr- ]
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adjective
  1. delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus.

  2. conferring glory: a glorious victory.

  1. full of glory; entitled to great renown: England is glorious in her poetry.

  2. brilliantly beautiful or magnificent; splendid: a glorious summer day.

  3. Archaic. blissfully drunk.

Origin of glorious

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Anglo-French, Old French glorieus, from Latin glōriōsus; equivalent to glory + -ous

Other words for glorious

Opposites for glorious

Other words from glorious

  • glo·ri·ous·ly, adverb
  • glo·ri·ous·ness, noun
  • qua·si-glo·ri·ous, adjective
  • qua·si-glo·ri·ous·ly, adverb
  • su·per·glo·ri·ous, adjective
  • su·per·glo·ri·ous·ly, adverb
  • su·per·glo·ri·ous·ness, noun
  • un·glo·ri·ous, adjective
  • un·glo·ri·ous·ly, adverb

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How to use glorious in a sentence

  • He had discovered that the all-glorious boast of Spain was not exempt from the infirmities of common men.

  • The works of God are exceedingly glorious and wonderful: no man is able sufficiently to praise him.

  • The glorious sun was strong in his might, and, like his Maker, warmed the northern world into exuberant life.

    The Giant of the North | R.M. Ballantyne
  • And he girded him about with a glorious girdle, and clothed him with a robe of glory, and crowned him with majestic attire.

  • Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed.

British Dictionary definitions for glorious

glorious

/ (ˈɡlɔːrɪəs) /


adjective
  1. having or full of glory; illustrious

  2. conferring glory or renown: a glorious victory

  1. brilliantly beautiful

  2. delightful or enjoyable

  3. informal drunk

Derived forms of glorious

  • gloriously, adverb
  • gloriousness, noun

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