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GLORR-ee-uh-s/ˈɡlɔːriəs/

Glorious means deserving great praise, or (of weather) beautifully bright: a glorious victory; glorious sunshine. Glory is the noun (separate headword). Wonderful is weaker and wider. A glorious failure is an ironic set phrase. Do not call a pass-mark script glorious.

Meaning

Deserving great praise; also (of weather) beautifully bright.

Examples

• “It was a glorious failure: the method was elegant, the data were not.”
• “A glorious Saturday ruined the revision timetable, which is the weather sense.”

Good to know

a glorious victory / day / failure (ironic). Noun: glory. Weather: glorious sunshine. Emphatic praise. Reviews and forecasts.

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