Victorious
[vɪk'tɔːrɪəs] or [vɪk'tɔrɪəs]
Definition
(adj.) having won; 'the victorious entry'; 'the winning team' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to victory, or a victor' being a victor; bringing or causing a victory; conquering; winning; triumphant; as, a victorious general; victorious troops; a victorious day.
Checker: Noelle
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Triumphant, conquering, successful.
Editor: Ozzie
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See QUAKE]
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Examples
- But though the Mongols were victorious at Liegnitz, they did not continue their drive westward. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She admired her husband, strong, brave, and victorious. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And if we are victorious, I asked, what then--freedom? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- A triple cry of Hail, Victorious! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- From 1789 to late in 1791 the French Revolution was an orderly process, and from the summer of 1794 the Republic was an orderly and victorious state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Rosamond had that victorious obstinacy which never wastes its energy in impetuous resistance. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Then she rose up with the queerest expression of victorious mischief glittering in her green eyes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They were victorious at last and divided their conquests equably among their great patrician families. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And Gudrun slept strongly, a victorious sleep. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When the shadow of the church-porch swallowed them up, victorious Gruff and Glum likewise presented himself to be swallowed up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am not Pindar, and you must be content with the old Archilochian shout, 'Hail, Victorious! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I commanded the whole of the mighty host engaged on the victorious side. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- For fifteen years Hannibal held out in Italy, victorious and unconquered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Our glory and our beauty arise out of our inward strength, which makes us victorious over material resistance, and over greater difficulties still. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Robert has escaped any serious harm; he is victorious; he has been cool and brave in combat; he is now considerate in triumph. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The victorious general, however, buried him with honor, and on the tomb of the mathematician caused to be inscribed the sphere with its enclosing cylinder. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- So, my dear lad, do as I have done, fight against the evil spirit, and, with God's grace, you will be victorious. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The patriots were victorious; a spirit of conquest was instilled; and already they looked on Constantinople as their own. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- At these two battles, while the United States troops were victorious, it was at very great sacrifice of life compared with what the Mexicans suffered. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Nelson died splendidly upon the _Victory_, victorious. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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