Synonyms for glorious
ˈglɔr i əs, ˈgloʊr-glo·ri·ous

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1. glorious

   Synonyms:
   august, beneficent, commanding, dignified, exalted, grand, great, helpful, lofty, mighty, noble, sublime, superb, superior

   Antonyms:
   abject, base, contemptible, despicable, lamentable, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, sorrowful, touching, woful, wretched

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1. gloriousadjective

   having or deserving or conferring glory

   "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature"

   Synonyms:
   splendiferous, brilliant, splendid, magnificent, resplendent

   Antonyms:
   unsung, obscure, inglorious, unimpressive, ugly, unknown

2. brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendidadjective

   characterized by grandeur

   "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony"

   Synonyms:
   fantabulous, splendiferous, magnificent, excellent, resplendent, superb, first-class, bright, smart as a whip, brainy, splendid, brilliant, vivid

   Antonyms:
   inglorious, obscure, unsung, ugly, unimpressive, unknown

3. glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferousadjective

   having great beauty and splendor

   "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity"

   Synonyms:
   fantabulous, splendiferous, magnificent, excellent, resplendent, first-class, splendid, brilliant

   Antonyms:
   inglorious, obscure, ugly, unknown, unsung, unimpressive

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1. gloriousadjective

   Synonyms:
   illustrious, renowned, celebrated, famous, famed, eminent, pre-eminent, distinguished, excellent, noble, conspicuous

2. gloriousadjective

   Synonyms:
   resplendent, splendid, bright, brilliant, radiant

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1. gloriousadjective

   Synonyms:
   magnificent, grand, resplendent, splendid, admirable, noble, excellent, hilarious, ecstatic, elated

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1. List of paraphrases for "glorious":

   brilliant, glory, honorable, splendid, resplendent, al-majid, meguid, magnificent, majid, wonderful, beautiful, sublime, gorgeous, proud

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1. Lois McMaster Bujold:

   But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain

2. Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991:

   But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?

3. Lucas Hinch of Colorado Springs:

   It was glorious, angels sung on high.

4. Noël Coward:

   Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

5. Lewis Carroll:

   Surely your gladness need not be the less for the thought that you will one day see a brighter dawn than this - when lovelier sights will meet your eyes than any waving trees or rippling waters - when angel-hands shall undraw your curtains, and sweeter tones than ever loving Mother breathed shall wake you to a new and glorious day - and when all the sadness, and the sin, that darkened life on this little earth, shall be forgotten like the dreams of a night that is past!