Inglorious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inglorious \In*glo"ri*ous\, a. [L. inglorious; pref. in- not +
     gloria glory, fame: cf. F. inglorieux. See {Glory}.]
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     1. Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied
        with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an
        inglorious life of ease. --Shak.


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              My next desire is, void of care and strife,
              To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life. --Dryden.
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              Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. --Gray.
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     2. Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight,
        defeat, etc.
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              Inglorious shelter in an alien land.  --J. Philips.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inglorious
       adj 1: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing
              disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his
              blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic
              islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat";
              "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human
              greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" [syn: {black},
               {disgraceful}, {ignominious}, {opprobrious}, {shameful}]
       2: not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton
          here may rest" [syn: {dishonorable}] [ant: {glorious}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "inglorious":
     derogatory, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable,
     homely, humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest, ignoble,
     ignominious, ignotus, infamous, innocuous, least, little known,
     low, lowest, lowliest, lowly, mean, modest, nameless, no credit to,
     notorious, obscure, plain, poor, renownless, seamy, shabby, shady,
     shameful, shoddy, simple, small, sordid, teachable, uncelebrated,
     undistinguished, unfamed, unglorified, unheard-of, unhonored,
     unimportant, unknown, unnotable, unnoted, unnoticed, unpopular,
     unpraiseworthy, unpretentious, unremarked, unrenowned,
     unrespectable, unsavory, unsung