Glorious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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