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inglorious - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'inglorious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Inglorious [ a.]
- Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease.
- Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc.

Meaning of 'inglorious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . inglorious [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not bringing honor and glory
Example in sentence:
  • some mute inglorious Milton here may rest
2 . inglorious [ s]
Meaning (2):
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Example in sentence:
  • a shameful display of cowardice;
  • an ignominious retreat;
  • an opprobrious monument to human greed;
  • inglorious defeat;
  • Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands