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glorious
[glawr-ee-uhs, glohr-]
adjective
delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable.
to have a glorious time at the circus.
Antonyms: ,conferring glory.
a glorious victory.
full of glory; entitled to great renown.
England is glorious in her poetry.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,Antonyms:brilliantly beautiful or magnificent; splendid.
a glorious summer day.
Archaic.blissfully drunk.
glorious
/ ˈɡɔːɪə /
adjective
having or full of glory; illustrious
conferring glory or renown
a glorious victory
brilliantly beautiful
delightful or enjoyable
informaldrunk
Other Word Forms
- gloriously adverb
- gloriousness noun
- quasi-glorious adjective
- quasi-gloriously adverb
- superglorious adjective
- supergloriously adverb
- supergloriousness noun
- unglorious adjective
- ungloriously adverb
- ˈǰdzܲ adverb
- ˈǰdzܲԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
“It’s one of the most wild places in all of California, and it is glorious.”
Sinner, who was bidding for his maiden Roland Garros triumph, was denied his third successive major after a gruelling, gritty and glorious encounter.
He inflects Hamlet’s glorious speeches with modern color but little meaning.
As you may be aware, our species can produce our own glorious forms of stink.
The mediums, the artists and what is created remind us of our diversity, and also reflect our commonality, in all its glorious contradiction and complication.
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