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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The statement concluded: "Pamela will continue to live in our hearts and minds. A glorious life lived and loved."

From BBC

Layer in a few tactile moments: handwritten menus or place cards if that’s your vibe, or simply a stack of good blankets and genuinely comfortable pillows for that glorious post-meal sprawl on the couch.

From Salon

“She’s confident and glorious in her existence on this planet, and on her forward motion of, ‘I’m really a nice person.

From Los Angeles Times

We're not short of options, with many a fine Scottish artist missing out on the chance over the years as glorious failure after glorious failure ensued.

From BBC

The free time was beyond glorious, but the days started to blend into one another.

From The Wall Street Journal

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