glory
noun · verb
Simple meaning
Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɡlɔɹi
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
Great beauty and splendor.
Victory; success.
Worship or praise.
An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. 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.
verb
To exult with joy; to rejoice.
To boast; to be proud.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
Used this way, glory is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It carries more force than its gentler alternatives. It turns up most in personal or emotional discussion and literature or storytelling contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Strong
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Warm and admiring
- Usage feel
- Everyday but emotionally strong
Where it naturally appears
- Personal/emotional discussion
- Literature/storytelling
Usage note
Glory is emotionally heavy: it suggests deep or lasting feeling, not a passing mood, so it can overstate a small reaction.
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use glory
- “He valued glory above life itself.”noun
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Named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered.
A small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship.
Any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia.
Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes.
Hybrid from Ipomoea nil.
Annual Old World tropical climbing herb distinguished by wide color range and frilled or double flowers.
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Having or deserving or conferring glory.
With glory or in a glorious manner.
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