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glorious

[glawr-ee-uhs, glohr-]

adjective

  1. delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable.

    to have a glorious time at the circus.

    Antonyms: ,
  2. conferring glory.

    a glorious victory.

  3. full of glory; entitled to great renown.

    England is glorious in her poetry.

    Synonyms: , , , , , , ,
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  4. brilliantly beautiful or magnificent; splendid.

    a glorious summer day.

  5. Archaic.blissfully drunk.



glorious

/ ˈɡɔːɪə /

adjective

  1. having or full of glory; illustrious

  2. conferring glory or renown

    a glorious victory

  3. brilliantly beautiful

  4. delightful or enjoyable

  5. informaldrunk

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glorious1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Anglo-French, Old French glorieus, from Latin ōōܲ; equivalent to glory + -ous
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“It’s one of the most wild places in all of California, and it is glorious.”

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Sinner, who was bidding for his maiden Roland Garros triumph, was denied his third successive major after a gruelling, gritty and glorious encounter.

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He inflects Hamlet’s glorious speeches with modern color but little meaning.

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As you may be aware, our species can produce our own glorious forms of stink.

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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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