🇬🇧🇨🇳 glorious - 辉煌 : English Lesson

Meaning of "glorious" ("辉煌"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Glorious means really, really wonderful, beautiful, or amazing in a way that makes you feel happy, proud, or full of wow, like a perfect sunny day, a big victory, or the best dessert ever.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The marching band’s glorious performance was only slightly ruined by my glorious trombone squeak of doom.

I walked into the classroom with my glorious new haircut, and even the teacher’s stapler looked impressed.

The playground slide turned my tiny sneeze into a glorious echo that scared three pigeons and one teacher.

My little sister made a glorious tower of blocks, which gloriously collapsed onto my math homework.

Rainbows are glorious because they appear when sunlight bends through raindrops, basically turning the sky into a giant, colorful prism party.

At dawn she opened the window to a glorious sky. The glorious light filled the small room, the glorious scent of baking bread, and the glorious song of birds. She stepped outside, barefoot, and watched a glorious sun climb above the hill. She laughed, hands on her chest, feeling really small and very happy.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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