Inglorious Definition & Meaning
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"
- not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"
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