glorious
Americanadjective
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delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable.
to have a glorious time at the circus.
- Antonyms:
- disgusting, unpleasant
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conferring glory.
a glorious victory.
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full of glory; entitled to great renown.
England is glorious in her poetry.
- Synonyms:
- distinguished, eminent, celebrated, noted, illustrious, renowned, famed, famous
- Antonyms:
- unknown
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brilliantly beautiful or magnificent; splendid.
a glorious summer day.
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Archaic. blissfully drunk.
adjective
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having or full of glory; illustrious
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conferring glory or renown
a glorious victory
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brilliantly beautiful
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delightful or enjoyable
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informal drunk
Other Word Forms
- gloriously adverb
- gloriousness noun
- quasi-glorious adjective
- quasi-gloriously adverb
- superglorious adjective
- supergloriously adverb
- supergloriousness noun
- unglorious adjective
- ungloriously adverb
Etymology
Origin of glorious
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Anglo-French, Old French glorieus, from Latin glōriōsus; equivalent to glory + -ous
Example Sentences
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“I can see the connection with the glorious past. The level of execution for many of the products was very high.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Ralph Waldo Emerson declared that Brown would “make the gallows as glorious as the cross.”
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026
In Dan’s words, “The BlackFly itself cannot be but a toy—a glorious, wonderful toy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
The incident led to the publication of a first dishevelled mugshot, a savage contrast to thousands of glorious pictures that had celebrated his status as an all-conquering champion.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
“After it got dark, we told stories and sang around the fire—it was a glorious night with the moon making fairyland of the lake.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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