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Adjective: glorious  glo-ree-us
  1. Having, deserving or conferring glory
    "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature"
     
  2. Characterized by grandeur
    "a glorious work of art";
    - brilliant, magnificent, splendid, majestic
     
  3. Having great beauty and splendour
    "a glorious spring morning";
    - resplendent, splendid, splendiferous

See also: beautiful, bright, celebrated, divine, elysian, empyreal, empyrean, historied, illustrious, impressive, incandescent, inspired, known, lustrous, storied, sublime

Antonym: inglorious

Encyclopedia: Glorious