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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;
- Example: "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
- Example: "an ignominious retreat"
- Example: "inglorious defeat"
- Example: "an opprobrious monument to human greed"
- Example: "a shameful display of cowardice"
[syn: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful]

2. not bringing honor and glory;
- Example: "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful]
    2: not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton
       here may rest" [ant: glorious]