glory
glory is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
- noun. The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.
- noun. 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.
- noun. To exult with joy; to rejoice.
- noun. To boast; to be proud.
- noun. brilliant radiant beauty
"the glory of the sunrise"
- noun. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- noun. a state of high honor
"he valued glory above life itself"
- verb. rejoice proudly
Synonyms
resplendence, resplendency, aura, aureole, gloriole, halo, nimbus, glorification
Common word forms
gloried, glories, gloryful, glorying, gloryless
Words from these letters
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