glorious
part of speech
adjective (glorious, more glorious, most glorious)
meaning for a pupil
1) Very beautiful and wonderful to see or feel: a glorious sunset. tree →
2) (of weather) Bright, sunny and warm: a glorious day. tree →
3) Bringing great fame, honour and praise: a glorious victory. tree →
4) (informal) Very enjoyable: we had a glorious time. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday British and Irish talk «glorious weather» is a happy remark about sunshine. In history and poetry it describes famous victories and brave deeds; in stories and descriptive writing it is a strong word for beauty. Phrases: glorious sunshine, a glorious day, glorious victory, the Glorious Twelfth.
examples
- What a glorious sunny day for the beach! tree →
- The sunset over the sea was glorious. tree →
- The team won a glorious victory in the final. tree →
- We had a glorious time at Gran's farm. tree →
- The gardens are glorious in spring. tree →
- The poem tells of glorious deeds by brave knights. tree →
- The weather forecast promised glorious sunshine for sports day. tree →
- “That's glorious fun!” said the sprite. tree →
note
Adjective from «glory» (y → i + -ous). Adverb: gloriously. Strong word: use it for really great things, or it loses its power. Do not mix with «glamorous» (stylish and attractive).
In the corpora
- Toad: «Glorious, stirring sight! ...
- It was simply glorious!» In there, Toad explains, the Badger was so moving that he'd have said anything.
- It was simply glorious!»
- Thy right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, Thy right hand, O LORD, dasheth in pieces the enemy.
- The LORD was pleased, for His righteousness' sake, to make the teaching great and glorious.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «glorious» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.