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glo·ri·ous

(glôr′ē-əs)

adj.

1. Having or deserving glory; famous.

2. Conferring or advancing glory: a glorious achievement.

3. Characterized by great beauty and splendor; magnificent: a glorious sunset.

4. Delightful; wonderful: had a glorious visit with old friends.

glo′ri·ous·ly adv.

glo′ri·ous·ness n.

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glorious

(ˈɡlɔːrɪəs)

adj

1. having or full of glory; illustrious

2. conferring glory or renown: a glorious victory.

3. brilliantly beautiful

4. delightful or enjoyable

5. informal drunk

ˈgloriously adv

ˈgloriousness n

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glo•ri•ous

(ˈglɔr i əs, ˈgloʊr-)

adj.

1. delightful; wonderful: a glorious time.

2. conferring glory: a glorious victory.

3. full of glory; entitled to great renown: a glorious hero.

4. brilliantly beautiful or magnificent; splendid: a glorious summer day.

[1300–50; < Old French glorieus < Latin glōriōsus. See glory, -ous]

glo′ri•ous•ly, adv.

glo′ri•ous•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	glorious - having or deserving or conferring glory; "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature" known - apprehended with certainty; "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal" inglorious - not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"
	2.	glorious - characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" magnificent, splendid, brilliant impressive - making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony"
	3.	glorious - having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity" resplendent, splendid, splendiferous beautiful - delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"

glorious

adjective

1. splendid, beautiful, bright, brilliant, shining, superb, divine, gorgeous, dazzling, radiant, resplendent, splendiferous (facetious) a glorious Edwardian opera house
splendid awful, dull, horrible, unpleasant, gloomy, dreary, unimpressive

2. delightful, fine, wonderful, excellent, heavenly (informal), marvellous, splendid, gorgeous, pleasurable, splendiferous (facetious) We opened the window and let in the glorious evening air.

3. illustrious, famous, celebrated, distinguished, noted, grand, excellent, honoured, magnificent, noble, renowned, elevated, eminent, triumphant, majestic, famed, sublime He had a glorious career spanning more than six decades.
illustrious ordinary, minor, unknown, trivial, unimportant

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glorious

adjective

1. Marked by extraordinary elegance, beauty, and splendor:

brilliant, gorgeous, magnificent, proud, resplendent, splendid, splendorous.

2. Particularly excellent:

divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful.

Informal: dandy, dreamy, great, ripping, super, swell, tremendous.

Slang: cool, groovy, hot, keen, neat, nifty.

Idiom: out of this world.

Translations

جدير بالثَّناء والتَّمجيدجَلِيلمُمْتِع، مُفْرِح، بَهِي

slavnýúžasnýnádhernýskvělý

prægtigpragtfuldstorslået

herrlich ruhmvoll illuster prachtvoll

ένδοξος

glorioso magnífico espléndido

loistava

glorieux superbe fameux

veličanstven

dicsõ

dásamlegurdÿrlegur

magnifico meraviglioso glorioso

すばらしい

영광스러운

sijajenveličasten

strålande

สวยงามมาก

çok güzel görkemli şahaneşanlışerefli

huy hoàng

显赫的辉煌的非常高兴的

glorious

[ˈglɔːrɪəs] ADJ [career, victory] → glorioso; [weather, view] → magnífico
it was a glorious muddle (iro) → la confusión era mayúscula

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

glorious

[ˈglɔːriəs] adj

[victory] → glorieux/euse; [success] → brillant(e)

[future, career] → brillant(e); [past] → glorieux/euse

(= beautiful) [day, weather] → magnifique

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

glorious

adj

(= splendid) → herrlich, wunderbar; a glorious mess (iro) → ein schönes or herrliches Durcheinander

(= illustrious) career, future → glanzvoll; years, days, era, victory, history → ruhmreich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

glorious

[ˈglɔːrɪəs] adj (deeds, victory) → glorioso/a; (weather, view) → stupendo/a, magnifico/a; (colours) → festoso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

glory

(ˈgloːri) – plural ˈglories – noun

1. fame or honour. glory on the field of battle; He took part in the competition for the glory of the school.

2. a source of pride, fame etc. This building is one of the many glories of Venice.

3. the quality of being magnificent. The sun rose in all its glory.

verb

to take great pleasure in. He glories in his work as an architect.

ˈglorify (-fai) verb

1. to make (something) seem better than it is. That book glorified war.

2. to praise.

ˌglorifiˈcation (-fi-) noun

ˈglorious adjective

1. splendid; deserving great praise. a glorious career/victory.

2. very pleasant; delightful. glorious weather; Isn't the sunshine glorious?

ˈgloriously adverb

glorious

→ جَلِيل úžasný prægtig herrlich ένδοξος glorioso loistava glorieux veličanstven magnifico すばらしい 영광스러운 glorieus praktfull sławny glorioso великолепный strålande สวยงามมาก görkemli huy hoàng 显赫的

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And one day they taught Hesiod glorious song while he was shepherding his lambs under holy Helicon, and this word first the goddesses said to me -- the Muses of Olympus, daughters of Zeus who holds the aegis:

For though a man have sorrow and grief in his newly-troubled soul and live in dread because his heart is distressed, yet, when a singer, the servant of the Muses, chants the glorious deeds of men of old and the blessed gods who inhabit Olympus, at once he forgets his heaviness and remembers not his sorrows at all; but the gifts of the goddesses soon turn him away from these.

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They that are glorious, must needs be factious; for all bravery stands upon comparisons.

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The serjeant had informed Mr Jones that they were marching against the rebels, and expected to be commanded by the glorious Duke of Cumberland.

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And then at length the glorious mad descent down three plunging cataracts of rocky road, the exciting rattling of the harness, the grinding of the strong brakes, the driver's soothing calls to his horses, and the long burnished horn trailing wild music behind us, like invisible banners of aerial brass,--oh, it stirred the dullest blood amongst us thus as it were to tear down the sky towards the white roofs of Yellowsands, glittering here and there among the clouds of trees which filled the little valley almost to the sea's edge, while floating up to us came soft strains of music, silken and caressing, as though the sea itself sang us a welcome.

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Immoral, licentious, anarchical, unscientific -- call them by what names you will -- yet, from an aesthetic point of view, those ancient days of the Colour Revolt were the glorious childhood of Art in Flatland -- a childhood, alas, that never ripened into manhood, nor even reached the blossom of youth.

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'Agnes, I want you to take a walk with me to--' (he named a certain part of the coast--a bold hill on the land side, and towards the sea a steep precipice, from the summit of which a glorious view is to be had).

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"Here are three for Stella, and two for Pris, and a glorious fat one for me from Jo.

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But either because the rains had given a freshness or because the sun was shedding a most glorious heat, or because two of the gentlemen were young in years and the third young in spirit--for some reason or other a change came over them, and they forgot Italy and Botany and Fate.

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He was a flaming example to the wooers of glorious fortune.

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Mr Chuckster, being a gentleman of a cultivated taste and refined spirit, was one of that Lodge of Glorious Apollos whereof Mr Swiveller was Perpetual Grand.

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Furiously we fought, but the advantage was mine, for I stood upon a raised platform above them, and I fought for the most glorious woman of a glorious race, and I fought for a great love and for the mother of my boy.