glories
Heights of honor
Glories is the plural of glory, referring to instances of great praise, honor, or distinction, or to things that inspire admiration and pride.
One might speak of the glories of ancient Rome or the glories of a sunset.
The verb form means to take great pleasure or pride in something, often excessively: He glories in his own cleverness.
A morning glory is a flowering vine; a glory hole has varied meanings including a furnace opening and, in slang, a hole used for anonymous sexual encounters.
Glowing luminous quality
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- resplendenceImpressive, dazzling brilliance
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
opulence · magnificence · sumptuousness · elegance · beauty · sublimity · gorgeousness · spectacle
Defeating an opponent
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- successFavorable outcome attained
- prevailTo succeed ultimately
vanquish · supremacy · ascendancy · pinnacle · culmination · acme · zenith · champion
Public recognition, widespread
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- eminenceElevated rank or renown
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
acclaim · celebrity · stature · recognition · honor · laurels · kudos · status
radiance
Glowing luminous quality
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- resplendenceImpressive, dazzling brilliance
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
grandeur · opulence · magnificence · sumptuousness · elegance · beauty · sublimity · gorgeousness · spectacle · lavishness
victory
Defeating an opponent
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- successFavorable outcome attained
prevail · vanquish · supremacy · ascendancy · pinnacle · culmination · acme · zenith · champion · winner
fame
Public recognition, widespread
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- eminenceElevated rank or renown
distinction · acclaim · celebrity · stature · recognition · honor · laurels · kudos · status · prominence
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
throne · regalia · palace · dynasty · empire · realm · royalty · aristocracy · nobility · monarchy
gloriesdisgraces
Causes loss of honor
shames · dishonors · humiliations · indignities · ignominies
gloriesmiseries
Intense prolonged sufferings
squalors · horrors · uglinesses · wretchedness · shabbiness
- morning gloriesTwining vines, trumpet blooms
- glorious momentsInstances of great splendor
- Glorious RevolutionEngland's 1688 regime change
glorious, glorify, glorified, inglorious, glorifies, glorification, gloried, unglorified