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adjective

Glorious adj.

Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds. "These are thy glorious works, Parent of good!"

Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious. (Obs.) "Most miserable Is the desire that's glorious."

Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink. (Colloq.) "kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er all the ills of life victorious." "During his office treason was no crime, The sons of Belial had a glorious time."

Synonyms: Eniment; noble; excellent; renowned; illustrious; celebrated; magnificent; grand; splendid. "Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously." "I speak it not gloriously, nor out of affectation."

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Etymology of 'Glorious'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Glorious" Quotes from Famous Books

... were red, the nights were long, and the weather pleasantly frosty; and Christmas, the glorious herald of the New Year, was at hand, when an event—still recounted by winter firesides, with a horror made delightful by the mellowing influence of years—occurred in the beautiful little town of Golden Friars, and signalized, as the scene of its catastrophe, the old inn known throughout ...

— Madam Crowl's Ghost and The Dead Sexton • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

... of August, 1749," says he, "at a certain time when the Lord was pleased to chastise me greatly in a bed of affliction, and in the midst of my great trial, it pleased the Almighty God wonderfully to surprise me with a glorious light round about me; and looking up, I saw straight before me a glorious building in the air, as bright and clear as the sun: it was so vastly great, so amiable to behold, so full of majesty and glory, that it filled my heart with wonder and ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853 • Various

... poureth the races from his lap! He that made the ages, the suns and the systems throughout all space—he that maketh them forever and smiteth them into dust again for play! He that is infinite, unthinkable, all-glorious, all-sufficient—He hath ...

— The Journal of Arthur Stirling - "The Valley of the Shadow" • Upton Sinclair

... to suit me," murmured Bert Alley, as he dragged his feet down the companion way and toppled onto a berth. The Adventurer weighed anchor and in the first flush of a glorious Summer dawn, chugged warily up the still harbour. She kept toward the eastern shore and the boys swept every pier and cove with sharp eyes. Then Rocky Neck turned back them and they picked a cautious way over sunken rocks to the entrance of ...

— The Adventure Club Afloat • Ralph Henry Barbour

... I gaze on thy face Careering among the boundaries of space, The thought has often come to my mind If I ever shall see thy glorious behind. ...

— Masques & Phases • Robert Ross

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