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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLO'RIOUS, a. [L. gloriosus. See Glory.]
1. Illustrious; of exalted excellence and splendor; resplendent in majesty and divine attributes; applied to God. Exo
15:11.
2. Noble; excellent; renowned; celebrated; illustrious; very honorable; applied to men,their achievements, titles, etc.
Let us remember we are Cato's friends,
And act like men who claim that glorious title.
3. Boastful; self-exulting; haughty; ostentatious.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having or deserving or conferring glory; "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature" [ant: inglorious]
2: characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" [syn: brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid]
3: having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity" [syn: glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French glorios, from Latin gloriosus glorious, vainglorious, from gloria Date: 13th century 1. a. possessing or deserving glory ; illustrious b. entitling one to glory <a glorious victory> 2. marked by great beauty or splendor ; magnificent <a glorious sunset> 3. delightful, wonderful <had a glorious weekend> Synonyms: see splendid • gloriously adverb • gloriousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 possessing glory; illustrious. 2 conferring glory; honourable. 3 colloq. splendid; magnificent; delightful (a glorious day; glorious fun). 4 iron. intense; unmitigated (a glorious muddle). 5 colloq. happily intoxicated. Derivatives: gloriously adv. gloriousness n. Etymology: ME f. AF glorious, OF glorios, -eus f. L gloriosus (as GLORY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glorious Glo"ri*ous, a. [OF. glorios, glorious, F. glorieux, fr. L. gloriosus. See Glory, n.] 1. 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 ! --Milton. 2. Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious. [Obs.] Most miserable Is the desire that's glorious. --Shak. 3. Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink. [Colloq.] kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er all the ills of life victorious. --Burns. 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. Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously. --Ex. xv. 21. I speak it not gloriously, nor out of affectation. --B. Jonson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Something that is glorious is very beautiful and impressive. She had missed the glorious blooms of the Mediterranean spring. ...a glorious Edwardian opera house. = magnificent ADJ • gloriously ...gloriously embroidered costumes. ADV: usu ADV adj 2. If you describe something as glorious, you are emphasizing that it is wonderful and it makes you feel very happy. The win revived glorious memories of his championship-winning days... We opened the windows and let in the glorious evening air. = wonderful ADJ [emphasis] • gloriously ...her gloriously happy love life. ADV 3. A glorious career, victory, or occasion involves great fame or success. Harrison had a glorious career spanning more than six decades... ADJ • gloriously But the mission was successful, gloriously successful. ADV: usu ADV adj 4. Glorious weather is hot and sunny. I got dressed and emerged into glorious sunshine... The sun was out again, and it was a glorious day. ADJ • gloriously For a change, it was a gloriously sunny day. ADV: ADV adj

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

glo'-ri-us: The adjective "glorious" is used in the majority of cases as the translation of one of the nouns which are fully discussed in the article GLORY, and the general meaning is the same, for the glorious objects or persons have the quality which is described by the word "glory," that is, they are honorable, dignified, powerful, distinguished, splendid, beautiful or radiant. It is worthy of note that in many passages in the New Testament where the King James Version has "glorious," the Revised Version (British and American) has the noun "glory." So among others in Ro 8:21, the King James Version has "glorious liberty," the Revised Version (British and American) "liberty of the glory of the sons of God." The obsolete use of the word glorious in the sense of "boastful," "vain-glorious," "eager for glory," as it is used in Wycliffe, Tyndale and Bacon, and once or twice in Shakespeare, as in Cymbeline, I, 7, in the first speech of Imogen, "Most miserable is the desire that's glorious," and in Gower's Prologue to Pericles, 1,9, "The purchase of it is to make men glorious" occurs at least once in the apocryphal books, Additions to Esther 16:4 the King James Version, "but also lifted up with the glorious words of lewd persons."

Walter R. Betteridge

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Illustrious, renowned, celebrated, famous, famed, eminent, pre-eminent, distinguished, conspicuous. 2. Resplendent, splendid, bright, brilliant, radiant. 3. Noble, exalted, lofty, high, excellent, consummate, supreme.

Moby 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