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glo·ri·ous
 glorious
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- pronunciation:
- glo
ri
 s
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
having or meriting great praise, fame, honor, or glory; illustrious.
- synonyms:
- illustrious, wondrous
- antonyms:
- ignominious, inglorious
- similar words:
- celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famous, honored, lustrous, notable, praiseworthy, preeminent, renowned
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| definition 2: |
bringing or bestowing glory.
a glorious discovery- synonyms:
- magnificent
- antonyms:
- inglorious
- similar words:
- brilliant, noble, praiseworthy, proud, splendid, successful, superb
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| definition 3: |
characterized by great beauty, splendor, or magnificence.
a glorious view
- synonyms:
- beautiful, gorgeous, magnificent, splendid, sublime
- similar words:
- delightful, divine, golden, grand, lustrous, majestic, marvelous, noble, resplendent, spectacular, superb, wonderful
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| definition 4: |
delightful; fine; wonderful.
a glorious time in Paris- synonyms:
- delightful, wonderful
- antonyms:
- miserable
- similar words:
- charming, enchanting, fabulous, fine, marvelous, spectacular, tremendous
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| related words: |
blessed, kingly, noted, palatial, radiant, stately |
adverb + (adj.)glorious
anything, equally, full, most, truly
(adj.)glorious
+ adverb
past
(adj.)glorious
+ noun
achievement,
adventure,
architecture,
autumn,
battle,
bloom,
burst,
career,
celebration,
chapter,
cloud,
creature,
dawn,
day,
deed,
defeat,
destiny,
display,
empire,
ending,
era,
excess,
fall,
feat,
flipper,
future,
garden,
gown,
heaven,
heritage,
history,
instant,
journey,
kingdom,
legacy,
mane,
mess,
moment,
morning,
occasion,
panorama,
paradise,
passion,
past,
perfection,
pine,
present,
red,
reminder,
restoration,
revolution,
ride,
ring,
scenery,
shade,
sight,
sky,
summer,
sunlight,
sunrise,
sunset,
sunshine,
symphony,
tale,
technicolor,
tradition,
treasure,
tribute,
triumph,
victory,
view,
vista,
weather,
wonder
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| derivations: |
gloriously (adv.), gloriousness (n.) |
The word glorious
contains the following part:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
  More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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