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inglorious

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in·glo·ri·ous  (n-glôr-s, -glr-)
adj.
1. Ignominious; disgraceful: Napoleon's inglorious end.
2. Not famous; obscure: an inglorious young writer.
in·glori·ous·ly adv.
in·glori·ous·ness n.
inglorious
Adjective
dishonourable or shameful
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inglorious - (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"
ignominious, shameful, opprobrious, disgraceful, black
dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"
2.inglorious - not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"
dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"
unknown - not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"
glorious - having or deserving or conferring glory; "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature"


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Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth, and he chafed under the inglorious restraint, longing for the release of his energies, the larger life of the soldier, the opportunity for distinction.
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Who would think, then, that such fine ladies and gentlemen should regale themselves with an essence found in the inglorious bowels of a sick whale
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
"But," said Grandfather, "our chair, after all, was not destined to spend the remainder of its days in the inglorious obscurity of a garret.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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