glorious

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɡlɔɹ.i.əs/ UK /ˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/ See IPA manual

Freq #4948

Meanings

1

adj
Beautiful and impressive.

We woke to a glorious spring morning.
2

adj
Deserving great praise and admiration.

She enjoyed a long and glorious career on the stage.
3

adj
Wonderful and very enjoyable.

We had a glorious time on holiday by the sea.

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Synonyms

1 adj · beautiful and impressive. splendid resplendent

3 adj · wonderful and very enjoyable. wonderful delightful

Word family

Derived forms gloriouslygloriousnessingloriousovergloriousself-glorioussupergloriousunglorious

Related forms glorify glory

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Phrases (1)

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glorious sunset
a sunset that looks exceptionally beautiful or impressive

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English glorious, from Anglo-Norman glorius and Old French glorïos, from Latin glōriōsus. Displaced native Middle English wulderful, from Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”), among other terms. Equivalent to glory + -ous.

glorious Middle English glorius xno glorïos Old French glōriōsus Latin

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# glorious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡlɔɹ.i.əs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/
**Frequency rank:** 4948

## Meanings
1. Beautiful and impressive.
2. Deserving great praise and admiration.
3. Wonderful and very enjoyable.

## Examples
- We woke to a glorious spring morning.
- She enjoyed a long and glorious career on the stage.
- We had a glorious time on holiday by the sea.

## Derived Forms
- gloriously
- gloriousness
- inglorious
- overglorious
- self-glorious
- superglorious
- unglorious

## Related Forms
- glorify
- glory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: glorious
- Root: glorius
- Root: glorïos
- Root: glōriōsus

## Etymology
From Middle English glorious, from Anglo-Norman glorius and Old French glorïos, from Latin glōriōsus. Displaced native Middle English wulderful, from Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”), among other terms. Equivalent to glory + -ous.

## AI Etymology
Glorious comes from Middle English glorious, from Anglo-Norman glorius and Old French glorïos, from Latin glōriōsus. Displaced native Middle English wulderful, from Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”), among other terms. Equivalent to glory + -ous. In current use, the main senses are “Beautiful and impressive” and “Deserving great praise and admiration”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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