inglorious | more inglorious | most inglorious[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Inglorious \In*glo"ri*ous\, a. [L. inglorious; pref. in- not +
gloria glory, fame: cf. F. inglorieux. See {Glory}.]
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1. Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied
with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an
inglorious life of ease. --Shak.
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My next desire is, void of care and strife,
To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life. --Dryden.
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Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. --Gray.
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2. Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight,
defeat, etc.
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Inglorious shelter in an alien land. --J. Philips.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}, {inglorious}, {opprobrious}, {shameful}]
2: not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton
here may rest" [ant: {glorious}]
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