glorious
Americanadjective
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delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable.
to have a glorious time at the circus.
- Antonyms:
- disgusting, unpleasant
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conferring glory.
a glorious victory.
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full of glory; entitled to great renown.
England is glorious in her poetry.
- Synonyms:
- distinguished, eminent, celebrated, noted, illustrious, renowned, famed, famous
- Antonyms:
- unknown
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brilliantly beautiful or magnificent; splendid.
a glorious summer day.
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Archaic. blissfully drunk.
adjective
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having or full of glory; illustrious
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conferring glory or renown
a glorious victory
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brilliantly beautiful
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delightful or enjoyable
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informal drunk
Other Word Forms
- gloriously adverb
- gloriousness noun
- quasi-glorious adjective
- quasi-gloriously adverb
- superglorious adjective
- supergloriously adverb
- supergloriousness noun
- unglorious adjective
- ungloriously adverb
Etymology
Origin of glorious
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Anglo-French, Old French glorieus, from Latin glōriōsus; equivalent to glory + -ous
Example Sentences
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Their faulty, glorious humanity allows them to connect to their art, but it also connects them to us.
From Los Angeles Times
They’re revived — buzzing, even; at the glorious point in the caffeinated beverage where everything is beautiful, nothing hurts and at least one of them feels like a creative genius.
From Los Angeles Times
Seven Scottish tries on a glorious sunlit afternoon at Murrayfield helped to blow the 2026 championship wide open with one round of fixtures remaining.
From BBC
This was a glorious, bewilderingly brilliant day for these Scotland players.
From BBC
The U.S. does not have a long or glorious history in F1.
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