GLORIES Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of glory

as in accolades

public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement the theater director gave the stage crew all the glory for the successful production

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as in treasures

an asset that brings praise or renown the new art museum has become the glory of the college campus

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as in aureoles

an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage an altarpiece depicting God seated on His throne and bathed in celestial glory

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glories

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verb

present tense third-person singular of glory

as in delights

to feel or express joy or triumph the whole city gloried in the home team's winning of the World Series

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Recent Examples of glories

Noun

And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits. —

Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026 Thwarted and truncated directorial careers are among the depressing glories of the art of movies. —

Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026 His joy to witness and contribute to its glories. —

Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026 The Spanish chef’s fine-dining concept is an homage to the glories of the world’s oceans, with a strong emphasis on the bounty of the local waters that includes lionfish, Mahi Mahi, and an entire menu section devoted entirely to various renditions of conch. —

Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026 Yates also agreed that the Chinese see a blueprint for their future in their past glories. —

Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026 Multiverses and numerous Disney+ TV shows have made the MCU rather more unwieldy in the interim, but hopes are high that this fifth outing for Earth's Mightiest Heroes can restore the record-breaking franchise to past glories. —

Richard Edwards, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2025 The film tackles the challenge of making choices and the eventual reconciliation with the costs and glories of those decisions later in life. —

Robert Lang, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2025 After spending years mostly directing his own projects, usually to middling reviews, Clooney has recently turned in a couple of performances that felt like pale facsimiles of former glories, in the rom-com Ticket to Paradise and the action-thriller Wolfs. —

David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2025

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Her work was not only applauded by critics and fans but also earned her industry accolades, including a Golden Globe award and two Actor Awards (formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards).

— Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Chalamet has yet to go that route, and still made plenty of money (and earned the kind of accolades that don’t need to be sparked by Marvel or DC gigs) along the way.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2026