- 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