Chapter Gleeful to Golden of G by Soule's Synonymes

Glory, n.

1. Honor, renown, fame, celebrity, praise.

2. Splendor, lustre, brightness, brilliancy, effulgence, pride.

3. Gloriousness, exaltation, nobleness, grandeur, exceeding greatness or excellence, supreme nobility.

4. State, pomp, parade, magnificence.

5. Heavenly bliss, celestial happiness.

6. Boast, occasion of pride, something to be proud of.

7. (Painting.) Halo, aureola.

Glory, v. n. Exult, vaunt, boast, take pride, triumph, be proud, pride one’s self, plume one’s self, pique one’s self, perk one’s self, pat one’s self on the back.

Gloss, n.

1. Comment, note, explanation, interpretation, scholium, annotation, commentary.

2. Pretext, pretence, specious plea.

3. Lustre, polish, shining surface, sheen.

Gloss, v. n. Comment, make notes, make explanatory remarks.

Gloss, v. a.

1. Varnish, make lustrous.

2. Extenuate, palliate, color, apologize for, gloss over.

Glossarist, n. Scholiast, commentator, annotator.

Glossary, n. Dictionary (of obscure, antiquated, or local words), list of glosses, dialectical vocabulary.

Glossology, n. Glottology, linguistics, comparative philology, comparative grammar, science of language.

Gloss over. Disguise, varnish, color, palliate, endeavor to excuse, extenuate, make plausible.

Glossy, a. Smooth and shining, sheeny.