glorious /ˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/ adjective6 •Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory.glorious deeds •wonderful, and giving great pleasureThese are thy glorious works, Parent of good. — 1667 •Bright or shining;And this fell tempest shall not cease to rage / Until the golden circuit on my head, / Like to the glorious sun’s transparent beams, / Do calm the fury of this mad-bred flaw. — 1591 •(no longer used) Eager for glory or distinction[...] but most miserable / Is the desire that’s glorious: blest be those, / How mean soe’er, that have their honest wills, / Which seasons comfort. […] — 1611 •(no longer used) Excessively proud or boastful.Make heauen to frowne and euery fixed starre To sucke vp poison from the Moorish Fens, And poure it in this glorious Tyrants throat. — 1587 •(informal, no longer used) Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink.During his Office, Treason vvas no Crime. / The Sons of Belial had a Glorious Time: / For Shimei, though not prodigal of pelf, / Yet lov'd his vvicked Neighbour as himself. — 1681 formsgloriouser · more glorious · gloriousest · most glorious