Inglorious
/ɪnˈɡlɔɹi.əs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Ignominious; disgraceful.
"Oh inglorious league: / Shall we vpon the footing of our land, / Send fayre-play-orders, and make comprimiſe, / Inſinuation, parley, and baſe truce / To Armes Inuaſiue?"
- 2 Not famous; obscure. archaic
"Great Julius [Caesar], whom now all the world admires / The more he grew in years, the more inflam’d / With glory, wept that he had liv’d ſo long / Inglorious: but thou yet art not too late."
Adjective
- 1 not bringing honor and glory wordnet
- 2 (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame wordnet
Example
More examples"Only miserable and inglorious death awaits you here."
Etymology
From Latin inglōriōsus. By surface analysis, in- + glorious.