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English Dictionary: inglorious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for inglorious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inglorious adj (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" Synonym(s): black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest" Antonym(s): glorious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inglorious \Inglo"rious\, a. [L. inglorious; pref. in- not + gloria glory, fame: cf. F. inglorieux. See {Glory}.] 1. Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease. --Shak. My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life. --Dryden. Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. --Gray. 2. Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc. Inglorious shelter in an alien land. --J. Philips.