inglorious meaning and definition

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INGLORIOUS adjective

Definition of inglorious (adjective)

(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
not bringing honor and glory
- "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"
- antonym: glorious

Source: Princeton University Wordnet