Definition of 'inglorious'

Adjective

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"
      Synonyms: black disgraceful ignominious opprobrious shameful
2. not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"
      Synonyms: dishonorable
      Antonyms: glorious

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