glorious

[glawr-ee-uhs, glohr-] / ˈglɔr i əs, ˈgloʊr- /

ADJECTIVE

adored, idolized; divine

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beautiful bright brilliant dazzling delightful enjoyable famous gorgeous grand gratifying great heroic illustrious magnificent marvelous memorable noble remarkable shining splendid sublime superb triumphant wonderful

WEAK

august celebrated distinguished effulgent elevated eminent esteemed exalted excellent famed fine heavenly honored immortal majestic notable noted pleasurable preeminent radiant renowned resplendent time-honored venerable well-known

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad dark dull gloomy homely horrible infamous inferior insignificant lowly normal obscure offensive ordinary paltry plain poor second-rate stupid typical ugly unaware undignified unenjoyable unhappy unimportant unimpressive unintelligent unknown unpleasant unremarkable usual

WEAK

atrocious awful contemptible disgraceful shameful

Example Sentences

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And it could have gone from bad to worse for the Blues in stoppage time had Enes Unal not wasted a glorious chance to secure Bournemouth's first win since October 26.

From Barron's

"The naan is India's glorious culinary gift to the world," he adds.

From BBC

For Pats dynasty bandwagoners who suffered a harsh five seasons in the wilderness—the sound you hear is Detroit and Cleveland fans screaming out a window—it’s been a glorious twist.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the England supporters slipped away into a glorious Melbourne evening, taking their songs to Federation Square, the Southbank or the Crown Casino, the players gathered on the outfield to begin their own celebrations.

From BBC

To Adam Smith, economics was made of human behavior in all its glorious complexity.

From The Wall Street Journal

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