INGLORIOUS as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • not bringing honor and glory
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • some mute inglorious Milton here may rest
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  2. Meaning
    • (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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
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