gloriousness
State of magnificence
Gloriousness is the quality of being glorious—magnificent, splendid, or worthy of great admiration.
The word appears in contexts ranging from religious reverence the gloriousness of God's creation to enthusiastic praise of ordinary pleasures the sheer gloriousness of a summer afternoon.
It often carries a note of exuberance or wonder.
Of or befitting royalty
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- magnificenceImpressive beauty or scale
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
- nobilityTitled ruling class
imperial · sovereign · palatial · august · resplendence · stateliness · sublimity · eminence
Intrinsic brightness of source
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- effulgenceRadiant brightness pouring forth
- resplendenceImpressive, dazzling brilliance
- incandescenceLight from heated objects
refulgence · dazzle · blaze · glow · shimmer · aureole · halo · aura
Extreme costly elegance
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- luxuriousnessQuality of being lavish
- richnessState of abundance
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
ornate · gilded · decadence · elegance · finery · plushness · lushness · bejeweled
Defeating an opponent
- exultationIntense triumphant joy
- jubilationIntense, expressive happiness
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
achievement · supremacy · ascendancy · exaltation · acclamation · ovation · laurels · accolade
regal
Of or befitting royalty
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- magnificenceImpressive beauty or scale
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
nobility · imperial · sovereign · palatial · august · resplendence · stateliness · sublimity · eminence · dignity
luminosity
Intrinsic brightness of source
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- effulgenceRadiant brightness pouring forth
- resplendenceImpressive, dazzling brilliance
incandescence · refulgence · dazzle · blaze · glow · shimmer · aureole · halo · aura · gleaming
sumptuousness
Extreme costly elegance
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- luxuriousnessQuality of being lavish
- richnessState of abundance
extravagance · ornate · gilded · decadence · elegance · finery · plushness · lushness · bejeweled · elaborate
victory
Defeating an opponent
- exultationIntense triumphant joy
- jubilationIntense, expressive happiness
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
conquest · achievement · supremacy · ascendancy · exaltation · acclamation · ovation · laurels · accolade · vindication
gloriousnessdullness
Lack of stimulation
dreariness · mediocrity · plainness · mundaneness · ordinariness
gloriousnessshamefulness
Quality deserving strong disapproval
disgracefulness · ignominy · disgrace · dishonor · infamy
glory, glorious, glorify, glories, glorifying, inglorious, glorification, gloried, gloriously