Found 2 items, similar to inglorious.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: inglorious 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Inglorious Inglorious \In*glo"ri*ous\, a. [L. inglorious; pref. in- not + gloria glory, fame: cf. F. inglorieux. See Glory.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease. --Shak. [1913 Webster] My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. --Gray. [1913 Webster] 2. Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc. [1913 Webster] Inglorious shelter in an alien land. --J. Philips. [1913 Webster]