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Definitions for inglorious
ɪnˈglɔr i əs, -ˈgloʊr-in·glo·ri·ous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shamefuladjective

    (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"

  2. ingloriousadjective

    not bringing honor and glory

    "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"

Wiktionary

  1. ingloriousadjective

    Ignominious; disgraceful; not famous; obscure.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. INGLORIOUSadjective

    Void of honour; mean; without glory.

    Etymology: inglorius, Latin.

    Lest fear return them back to Egypt, chusing
    Inglorious life with servitude. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xii.

    It was never held inglorious or derogatory for a king to be guided by his great council, nor dishonourable for subjects to yield and bow to their king. James Howell.

    Yet though our army brought not conquest home,
    I did not from the fight inglorious come. John Dryden, Ind. Emp.

Wikipedia

  1. Inglorious

    Inglorious are an England-based hard rock band formed in February 2014 in London by Nathan James. Their success has been particularly assisted by UK digital radio station Planet Rock and UK grassroots movement NWOCR. They released the album II on 12 May 2017, and in 2018 Inglorious released album 3 called Ride to Nowhere.

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  1. inglorious

    Inglorious generally means lacking in fame or renown, dishonorable, or causing shame or disgrace. It often describes something or someone that is not celebrated, distinguished, or well-regarded.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ingloriousadjective

    not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease

  2. Ingloriousadjective

    shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc

  3. Etymology: [L. inglorious; pref. in- not + gloria glory, fame: cf. F. inglorieux. See Glory.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Inglorious

    in-glō′ri-us, adj. not glorious: without honour: shameful.—adv. Inglō′riously.—n. Inglō′riousness.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. inglorious

    Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, he charged his troops with inglorious flight.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inglorious in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inglorious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of inglorious in a Sentence

  1. Napoleon Bonaparte:

    Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

  2. Napoleon Bonaparte:

    Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily

  3. Philip Howard:

    Most history is a record of triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way of life of mute, inglorious men and women who made no nuisance of themselves in the world.

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