Glorious \Glo"ri*ous\, a. [OF. glorios, glorious, F. glorieux,
fr. L. gloriosus. See Glory, n.]
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1. Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy
of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent;
splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious
deeds.
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These are thy glorious works, Parent of good !
--Milton.
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2. Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful;
ostentatious; vainglorious. [Obs.]
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Most miserable
Is the desire that's glorious. --Shak.
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3. Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink. [Colloq.]
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kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O'er all the ills of life victorious. --Burns.
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During his office treason was no crime,
The sons of Belial had a glorious time. --Dryden.
Syn: Eniment; noble; excellent; renowned; illustrious;
celebrated; magnificent; grand; splendid. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
glorious
adj 1: having or deserving or conferring glory; "a long and
glorious career"; "our glorious literature" [ant: inglorious]
2: having or worthy of pride; "redoubtable scholar of the
Renaissance"; "born of a redoubtable family" [syn: illustrious,
redoubtable, respected]
3: bringing great happiness and thankfulness; "glorious
freedom"; "glorious times"
4: characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur;
"the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work
of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid
coronation ceremony" [syn: brilliant, magnificent, splendid]
5: having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring
morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a
kind of splendiferous native simplicity" [syn: resplendent,
splendid, splendiferous]
WordNet (r) 2.0
193 Moby Thesaurus words for "glorious":
Babylonian, Corinthian, addled, admirable, all-knowing,
all-powerful, all-seeing, all-wise, almighty, august,
awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, beaming, beautiful, beery, bemused,
besotted, blind drunk, blooming, boundless, bright, brilliant,
celebrated, changeless, charismatic, cool, crapulent, crapulous,
creating, creative, dandy, dazzling, delightful, deluxe,
devastating, distinguished, divine, dizzy, drenched, drunk,
drunken, effulgent, elaborate, elegant, elevated, eminent,
enjoyable, estimable, eternal, eternally the same, everlasting,
exalted, excellent, exquisite, extravagant, fabulous, famed,
famous, fancy, far-gone, fine, flustered, fou, full, gay, giddy,
gilt-edged, glamorous, glowing, godlike, golden, good, gorgeous,
grand, grandiose, great, groovy, hallowed, happy, heavenly, heroic,
high, highest, holy, honored, hot, hunky-dory, illustrious,
immense, immortal, immutable, imposing, impressive, in liquor,
inebriate, inebriated, inebrious, infinite, intoxicated, jolly,
just, keen, killing, lauded, limitless, lofty, loving, luminous,
lustrous, luxurious, magic, magnanimous, magnificent, majestic,
making, marvelous, maudlin, mellow, merciful, merry, muddled,
nappy, neat, noble, numinous, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient,
one, outstanding, palatial, permanent, perpetual, pleasurable,
plush, posh, princely, prominent, proud, radiant, raving,
ravishing, reeling, renowned, resplendent, ritzy, sacred,
sensational, shaping, shikker, shining, soaring, sodden, sotted,
sovereign, sparkling, spectacular, splendacious, splendent,
splendid, splendiferous, splendorous, splendrous, stately,
sterling, stunning, sublime, sumptuous, super, superb,
supereminent, superexcellent, superfancy, superfine, superior,
supreme, swank, swanky, swell, terrific, tiddly, timeless, tipsy,
towering, tremendous, ubiquitous, unbounded, unchanging, undefined,
under the influence, unlimited, wonderful
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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