glory

[[t]glɔ͟ːri[/t]]

glories, glorying, gloried

1) N-UNCOUNT Glory is the fame and admiration that you gain by doing something impressive.

Walsham had his moment of glory when he won a 20km race.

...we were still basking in the glory of our Championship win.

2) N-PLURAL: with supp A person's glories are the occasions when they have done something people greatly admire which makes them famous.

The album sees them re-living past glories but not really breaking any new ground.

...the military glories of Frederick the Great.

3) N-UNCOUNT: with poss, usu the N of n The glory of something is its great beauty or impressive nature.

The glory of the idea blossomed in his mind.

4) N-COUNT: usu pl, with supp, usu the N of n The glories of a culture or place are the things that people admire most about it.

...a tour of Florence, to enjoy the artistic glories of the Italian Renaissance...

One of the glories of the island has always been its bird population.

5) VERB If you glory in a situation or activity, you enjoy it very much.

[V in n] The workers were glorying in their new-found freedom...

[V in n] He does not glory in his past successes and looks forward to achieving more.

Syn:

revel

6) PHRASE: oft in PHR If you go out in a blaze of glory, you do something very dramatic at the end of your career or your life which makes you famous.

I am never going back to prison. I am going to make national news headlines and go out in a blaze of glory.