glorious
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
glorious
adj 1: having or deserving or conferring glory; "a long and
glorious career"; "our glorious literature" [ant:
{inglorious}]
2: characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at
Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent
cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" [syn:
{brilliant}, {glorious}, {magnificent}, {splendid}]
3: having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring
morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind
of splendiferous native simplicity" [syn: {glorious},
{resplendent}, {splendid}, {splendiferous}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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. --
{Glo"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Glo"ri*ous*ness}, n. --Udall.
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Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed
gloriously. --Ex. xv. 21.
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I speak it not gloriously, nor out of affectation.
--B. Jonson.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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