Glorious

Adjective

 * 1) Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds.
 * 2) * 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act III, Scene III, line 351:
 * Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, th' ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war!
 * 1) * These are thy glorious works, Parent of good — Milton.
 * 2) Splendid; resplendent; bright; shining, as the sun, gold, or other shiny objects.
 * 3) * 1590 William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II, Act III, Scene I, line 351:
 * And this fell tempest shall not cease to rage Until the golden circuit on my head, Like to the glorious sun's transparent beams, Do calm the fury of this mad-bred flaw.
 * 1)  Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious.
 * 2) * 1609, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act I, Scene VI, line 6:
 * ... but most miserable Is the [desire] that’s glorious. Blessed be those, How mean soe’er, that have their honest wills, Which seasons comfort.
 * 1)  Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink.
 * 2) * kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er all the ills of life victorious. — Robert Burns.
 * 3) * During his office treason was no crime, The sons of Belial had a glorious time. — John Dryden.

Adverbs for Glorious
effulgently; brilliantly; splendidly; superbly; unexpectedly; martially; inestimably; radiantly; proudly; regally; ecstatically; peculiarly; matchlessly; supremely; barbarically; distinctly; solemnly; sublimely; remarkably; eminently; imperishably; transcendently.

Synonyms for Glorius
famous, renowned, illustrious, exalted, noble, distinguished, splendid, resplendent, admirable, celebrated, wonderful, brilliant, marvelous, wondrous, shining.

Antonyms for Glorious
infamous, disgraceful, shameful, odious, ignominious, opprobrious, heinous, wicked, scandalous, contemptible, flagrant, atrocious, modest, moderate.

Derived terms

 * gloriousness

Related terms

 * glorify
 * glory

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
and glorius: et al., from  gloriosus:.

Translations

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 * Turkish: şanlı
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 * Chinese: 光彩的 (guāngcǎi de)
 * Dutch: roemruchtig
 * Finnish: upea (1), mahtava (1), kunniakas (1)
 * Greek: λαμπρός
 * German: glorreich
 * Italian: glorioso
 * Japanese: 見事な, 栄光ある
 * Korean: 영광스럽은
 * Latin: gloriosus
 * Old Provençal:
 * Russian: славный
 * Spanish: