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glorious is an adjective meaning "having or deserving or conferring glory". It carries 3 recorded senses.
having or deserving or conferring glory
“a long and glorious career”
“our glorious literature”
characterized by grandeur
“the brilliant court life at Versailles”
“a glorious work of art”
“magnificent cathedrals”
“the splendid coronation ceremony”
having great beauty and splendor
“a glorious spring morning”
“a glorious sunset”
“splendid costumes”
“a kind of splendiferous native simplicity”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for glorious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.