Choose the Right Synonym for glorious

splendid, resplendent, gorgeous, glorious, sublime, superb mean extraordinarily or transcendently impressive. splendid implies outshining the usual or customary. the wedding was a splendid occasion resplendent suggests a glowing or blazing splendor. resplendent in her jewelry gorgeous implies a rich splendor especially in display of color. a gorgeous red dress glorious suggests radiance that heightens beauty or distinction. a glorious sunset sublime implies an exaltation or elevation almost beyond human comprehension. a vision of sublime beauty superb suggests an excellence reaching the highest conceivable degree. her singing was superb

Examples of glorious in a Sentence

He had a long and glorious military career. The old ruins give only a hint of the city's glorious past. The government has described the battle as a glorious victory. Our room had a glorious view of the mountains.

Recent Examples on the Web The arrival of a live-action Captain Carter (Hayley Atwell) is glorious. — Chris Smith, BGR, 9 May 2022 This lack of company was glorious, although not so much to the Reef House or the island’s greater economy. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2022 This lack of company was glorious, although not so much to the Reef House or the island’s greater economy. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2022 It’s the triple axel of cinema: when successful, fantasies are glorious, seemingly expanding the very nature of experience by way of speculative imagination. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2022 And the upshot is glorious, glistening bulbs of umami flavor, tossed in butter and olive oil before spending a nice, long spell in the oven. — Joshua David Stein, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022 This lack of company was glorious, although not so much to the Reef House or the island’s greater economy. — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022 That column the other day assailing extremist certitude and extolling glorious ambivalence ... — John Brummett, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2021 But then Audiard films her pirouetting in slow motion through that same restaurant, in a joyous hallucination of a sequence that becomes its own glorious expression of ardent, unbridled desire. — Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022 See More

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