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. Mickey Mehta:

   Most people suffer in life because they ruin and sacrifice a certain beautiful today, for a hope of an uncertain glorious tomorrow. If today you destroy a potential seed, how will it flower tomorrow sow and nurture all the seeds today and MickeyMize your life! Share this with as many for a fragrant world.

2. Ziyavudin Magomedov:

   Then everything will flourish in glorious colors, the time is ripe for reforms.

3. Homer:

   The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside.

4. G.K. Chesterton:

   What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to read.

5. Bhavabhuti:

   The mind alike, Vigorous or weak, is capable of culture, But still bears fruit according to its nature. ?Tis not the teacher?s skill that rears the scholar: The sparkling gem gives back the glorious radiance It drinks from other light, but the dull earth Absorbs the blaze, and yields no gleam again.