Word Meanings - GLORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown. Glory to God in the highest. Luke ii. 14. Spread his glory through all countries wide. Spenser. 2. That quality

Additional info about word: GLORY

1. Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown. Glory to God in the highest. Luke ii. 14. Spread his glory through all countries wide. Spenser. 2. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor. Think it no glory to swell in tyranny. Sir P. Sidney. Jewels lose their glory if neglected. Shak. Your sex's glory 't is to shine unknown. Young. 3. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance. In glory of thy fortunes. Chapman. 4. The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Ps. lxxiii. 24. 5. An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line. Note: This is the general term; when confined to the head it is properly called nimbus; when encircling the whole body, aureola or aureole. Glory hole, an opening in the wall of a glass furnace, exposing the brilliant white light of the interior. Knight. -- Glory pea , the name of two leguminous plants (Clianthus Dampieri and C. puniceus) of Australia and New Zeland. They have showy scarlet or crimson flowers. -- Glory tree , a name given to several species of the verbenaceous genus Clerodendron, showy flowering shrubs of tropical regions.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GLORY)

• Celebrity
• Fame
• honor
• glory
• star
• reputation
• distinction
• renown
• notability
• eminence
• notoriety
• report
• rumor
• bruit
• news
• tidings
• laurels
• celebrity
• credit
• Rejoice
• Delight
• exult
• joy
• triumph
• gladden
• delight
• revel
• be glad
• cheer
• please
• enliven
• gratify
• Renown
• note
• lustre

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of GLORY)

• Silence
• hush
• suppress
• misreport
• misrepresent
• miarelate
• falsify

Related words: (words related to GLORY)

• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• MISREPORT
  To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• CREDIT FONCIER
  A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out
• LUSTRE
  See LUSTER
• REVELLENT
  Causing revulsion; revulsive. -- n.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• RENOWNED
  Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king. "Some renowned metropolis with glistering spires." Milton. These were the renouwned of the congregation. Num. i. 61.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• EMINENCE
  1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke. 2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in
• TIDINGS
  Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news. I shall make my master glad with these tidings. Shak. Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. Goldsmith. Note: Although tidings is
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• CHEERINESS
  The state of being cheery.
• REPUTATION
  The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case. 3. Specifically: Good reputation; favorable
• REVELATION
  1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them. 2. That which is revealed. The act of revealing divine truth. That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible. By revelation he made known unto
• CHEERISNESS
  Cheerfulness. There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.
• RENOWNEDLY
  With renown.
• PLEASER
  One who pleases or gratifies.
• CHEERINGLY
  In a manner to cheer or encourage.
• EXULTING
  Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant. -- Ex*ult"ing*ly, adv.
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• DISCREDITABLE
  Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. -- Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv.
• INDISTINCTION
  Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Sir T. Browne. An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being
• INSUPPRESSIBLE
  That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
• ACCREDIT
  1. To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. His censure will . . . accredit his praises. Cowper. These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. Shelton. 2. To send with letters credential, as an
• ACCREDITATION
  The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.
• REVEL
  See REVEAL