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adjective

1. Marked by extraordinary elegance, beauty, and splendor: brilliant, gorgeous, magnificent, proud, resplendent, splendid, splendorous. See beautiful/ugly.
2. Particularly excellent: divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful. Informal dandy, dreamy, great, ripping, super, swell, tremendous. Slang cool, groovy, hot, keen¹, neat, nifty. Idioms: out of this world. See good/bad.

adj

Definition: adored, idolized; divine
Antonyms: atrocious, awful, bad, contemptible, despicable, disgraceful, horrible, shameful

IN BRIEF: Beautiful in a splendid way.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task. — Sophocles (496-406 BC).

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• Beautiful, attractive, or well-formed
• Appealing, Elegant, Neat, Rich, or Fancy
• Special, Bright, Skillful, or Unusual

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - strålende, prægtig, herlig, glorværdig

Nederlands (Dutch)
schitterend, roemrijk, eervol, geweldig, in een heerlijke roes

Français (French)
adj. - glorieux, magnifique, merveilleux, beau (gâchis) (iro)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - herrlich, glorreich, ruhmreich, rühmlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ένδοξος, δοξασμένος, έξοχος, περίφημος, λαμπρός

Italiano (Italian)
glorioso, splendido, illustre

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - glorioso, ilustre, magnífico (m)

Русский (Russian)
доблестный, великолепный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - espléndido, magnífico, estupendo, glorioso, ilustre

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - strålande, ärorik, rejäl, förskräcklig, salig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
光荣的, 显赫的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 光榮的, 顯赫的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 훌륭한, 화려한, 아름다운, 즐거운, 술에 취한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 栄光ある, 輝かしい, 壮麗な, たいへん楽しい, 愉快な, すばらしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مجيد, رائع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מפואר, נהדר, מזהיר‬

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