glorious

[glawr-ee-uhs, glohr-] / ˈglɔr i əs, ˈgloʊr- /

ADJECTIVE

adored, idolized; divine

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beautiful bright brilliant dazzling delightful enjoyable famous gorgeous grand gratifying great heroic illustrious magnificent marvelous memorable noble remarkable shining splendid sublime superb triumphant wonderful

WEAK

august celebrated distinguished effulgent elevated eminent esteemed exalted excellent famed fine heavenly honored immortal majestic notable noted pleasurable preeminent radiant renowned resplendent time-honored venerable well-known

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad dark dull gloomy homely horrible infamous inferior insignificant lowly normal obscure offensive ordinary paltry plain poor second-rate stupid typical ugly unaware undignified unenjoyable unhappy unimportant unimpressive unintelligent unknown unpleasant unremarkable usual

WEAK

atrocious awful contemptible disgraceful shameful

Example Sentences

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There is always something theatrical about politics, especially in countries like Hungary, where memories of a glorious but irrecoverable past dominate the public imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Attracting millions of likes on social media, the images show the two bodies from unusual angles in glorious high definition.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Ralph Waldo Emerson declared that Brown would “make the gallows as glorious as the cross.”

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

California the magnificent, California the glorious, was slipping away, disappearing into smog, covered over by concrete.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Ophie had tried to open the curtains to let in the glorious spring morning sunshine and had gotten an earful, and that was only the beginning.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

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