Glory
['glɔːrɪ] or ['ɡlɔri]
Definition
(noun.) brilliant radiant beauty; 'the glory of the sunrise'.
(noun.) a state of high honor; 'he valued glory above life itself'.
(verb.) rejoice proudly.
Typed by Borg--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.
(n.) That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor.
(n.) Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
(n.) The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.
(n.) An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
(n.) To exult with joy; to rejoice.
(n.) To boast; to be proud.
Edited by Angus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Honor, renown, fame, celebrity, praise.[2]. Splendor, lustre, brightness, brilliancy, effulgence, pride.[3]. State, pomp, parade, magnificence.[4]. Heavenly bliss, celestial happiness.[5]. Boast, occasion of pride, something to be proud of.[6]. (Painting.) Halo, aureola.
v. n. Exult, vaunt, boast, take pride, triumph, be proud, pride one's self, plume one's self, pique one's self, perk one's self, pat one's self on the back.
Checked by Francis
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Brightness, radiance, effulgence, honor, fame, celebrity, pomp, luster, magnificence,splendor, renown
ANT:Obscurity, ignominy, cloud, dishonor, degradation
Typed by Gladys
Definition
n. renown: honour: the occasion of praise: an object of pride: excellency: splendour: brightness: in religious symbolism a combination of the nimbus and the aureola but often erroneously used for the nimbus: a burst of sunlight: a luminous glow of reflected light upon clouds: vain-glory: (B.) the presence of God: the manifestation of God to the blessed in heaven: heaven.—v.i. to boast: to be proud of anything: to exult:—pa.p. glō′ried.—adj. Glō′ried (Milt.) illustrious honourable.—ns. Glō′riole a halo or glory; Gloriō′sa a genus of Liliace of which the best-known species a native of India is a herbaceous perennial with beautiful red and yellow flowers.—adj. Glō′rious noble splendid: conferring renown: (coll.) elated tipsy.—adv. Glō′riously.—ns. Glō′riousness; Glō′ry-hole an opening through which to see the inside of a furnace: a place for concealing articles of value; Glō′rying boasting; Glō′ry-pea a leguminous Australian plant with red flowers.
Editor: Rodney
Examples
- Heroism, or military glory, is much admired by the generality of mankind. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- They talked about war and glory, and Boney and Lord Wellington, and the last Gazette. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She lured me to leave this den and follow her forth into dew, coolness, and glory. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- All others belonging to him have gone to the Power and the Glory, and I have a mind that they're drawing him to them--leading him away. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There you will find great towns, rich provinces, honour, glory, riches. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This electrician appeared to want glory more than money, so it was an easy trade. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That land, said Adrian, tinged with the last glories of the day, is Greece. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She glories in it! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- For as to secrecy, Henry is quite the hero of an old romance, and glories in his chains. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But there has been no tradition to keep alive the glories of the Sassanids. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How worthless to them will seem the honours and glories of the den! Plato. The Republic.
- For one of the glories of France. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This is the real necessity that makes any return to the imagined glories of other days an idle dream. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He worshipped her as age worships youth, he gloried in her, because, in his one grain of faith, he was young as she, he was her proper mate. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The fact is I gloried in being a match for Meyler's vile impertinence. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I could have gloried in bringing home to him his worst apprehensions astoundingly realized. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He would either have gloried in the achievement, or been ashamed of it. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Elinor gloried in his integrity; and Marianne forgave all his offences in compassion for his punishment. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The shy Julia gloried in this _faux pas_. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She, who so gloried in my fame, and so looked forward to its augmentation, well knew that I would labour on. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Editor: Maureen