Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inglorious"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Inglorious \In*glo"ri*ous\, a. [L. inglorious; pref. in- not +
gloria glory, fame: cf. F. inglorieux. See {Glory}.]
1. Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied
with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an
inglorious life of ease. --Shak.

My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead
a soft, secure, inglorious life. --Dryden.

Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. --Gray.

2. Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight,
defeat, etc.

Inglorious shelter in an alien land. --J. Philips.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

inglorious
adj 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" [syn: {black},
{disgraceful}, {ignominious}, {opprobrious}, {shameful}]
2: not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton
here may rest" [syn: {dishonorable}] [ant: {glorious}]


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