Glorious
['glɔːrɪəs] or ['ɡlɔriəs;'ɡloriəs]
Definition
(adj.) having great beauty and splendor; 'a glorious spring morning'; 'a glorious sunset'; 'splendid costumes'; 'a kind of splendiferous native simplicity' .
(adj.) having or deserving or conferring glory; 'a long and glorious career'; 'our glorious literature' .
Editor: Robert--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds.
(n.) Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious.
(n.) Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Illustrious, renowned, celebrated, famous, famed, eminent, pre-eminent, distinguished, excellent, noble, conspicuous.[2]. Resplendent, splendid, bright, brilliant, radiant.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CELEBRATED]
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Examples
- Himself has hitherto sufficed to the toil, and the toil draws near its close: his glorious sun hastens to its setting. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In the story of this passion, too, the development varies: sometimes it is the glorious marriage, sometimes frustration and final parting. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This was a glorious winter. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Nations with a glorious past as to bravery but with a poor armament have gone down suddenly before smaller forces armed with modern ordnance. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- On sped my rainbow, fast as light; I flew as in a dream; For glorious rose upon my sight That child of Shower and Gleam. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Most glorious vision of divine loveliness, it is, replied the officer who stood at my side. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Beneath the brilliant light of Mars' two glorious moons the whole scene presented itself in vivid distinctness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Defoe could not think that God Almighty had made women so glorious, with souls capable of the same accomplishments with men, and all to be only stewards of our houses, cooks, and slaves. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A bright, a glorious smile passed over her face, and she said, brokenly,--O! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- What a glorious year I can recall--how bright it comes back to me! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Nevertheless she was glad in hope, glorious and free, full of life and liberty. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We pass on now to the story of one futile commencement, one glorious shattered beginning of human unity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They look glorious flames, Margaret, in your black hair. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- At this rate it is a glorious privilege to be a pilgrim to the Holy Land. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It's a great place, a glorious place! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The long lines of red and gold in the sky, and the glorious track of the descending sun, were all divinely calm. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was a glorious supper. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But the upshot is, she gets up glorious dinners, makes superb coffee; and you must judge her as warriors and statesmen are judged, _by her success_. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Let glorious William come near and touch it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- After Scipio was gone over into Africa, an account was soon brought to Rome of his glorious and wonderful achievements. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Something is to rise white on the surface of the sea, over which that moon mounts silent and hangs glorious. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Giotto's tower (Giotto, born 1266, died 1337) and the glorious Duomo (by Brunellesco, born 1377, died 1446) already existed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- O uncle, there is nothing really valuable in this world, there is nothing glorious in the world to come that is not poetry! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Cricket dinner-- glorious party--capital songs--old port--claret--good--very good--wine, ma'am--wine. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Did you not call this a glorious expedition? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The French made costly but glorious thrusts at Arras and in Champagne in 1915, the British at Loos. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Our glorious troops continue to advance without losing a foot of ground, Karkov repeated in English. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Lowrey we are indebted for a similar reminiscence, under date of June 5, 1880: Goddard and I have spent a part of the day at Menlo, and all is glorious. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Gazette first published the result of the two battles; at which glorious intelligence all England thrilled with triumph and fear. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I am always serious, but just now I am a little excited by the glorious fact that a southerly wind and a cloudy sky proclaim a hunting evening. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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