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. inspired

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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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How to use glorious in a sentence?

1. Colonel Morgan, In response to the British demand of the surrender of Fort Washington:

   Actuated by the most glorious cause that mankind ever fought in, I am determined to defend this post to the very last extremity.

2. Dorothy Parker:

   Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea And love is a thing that can never go wrong And I am Marie of Roumania.

3. Dev Patel:

   I was that guy that had totally missed this glorious piece of literature in my childhood, i thought he was the illusionist when I went to the meeting ... obviously that changed very quickly.

4. Bassem Youssef:

   We are living in the most glorious years of democracy in Egypt, and may the tongue of the person who does not agree with that be cut off.

5. Theodore Roosevelt:

   Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.