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inglorious

(ɪnglɔːriəs)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe something as inglorious, you mean that it is something to be ashamed of.
He wouldn't have accepted such an inglorious outcome.
Synonyms: disgraceful, dishonourable, humiliating, failed More Synonyms of inglorious
ingloriously adverb [ADVERB with verb]
If fighting worsens, the troops might be reinforced, or ingloriously withdrawn.

inglorious in British English

(ɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəs)
adjective
1. 
without courage or glory; dishonourable, shameful, or disgraceful
2. 
unknown or obscure
Derived forms
ingloriously (inˈgloriously)
adverb
ingloriousness (inˈgloriousness)
noun

inglorious in American English

(ɪnˈglɔriəs)
adjective
1. 
not giving, receiving, or deserving glory; shameful; disgraceful; dishonorable
2.  Rare
without glory; not famous; little-known
Derived forms
ingloriously (inˈgloriously)
adverb
ingloriousness (inˈgloriousness)
noun
Word origin
L ingloriosus: see in-2 & glorious

Examples of 'inglorious' in a sentence
inglorious

Aircraft leasing has a long and inglorious past.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was an inglorious end to my international career.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
An inglorious end to a sorry tale.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
For long stretches of their inglorious history, they have not had cause to come often.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Anglo-French military co-operation has an inglorious postwar history.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
These methods of borrowing may be new, but they fit into a long, inglorious history.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Some Tory MPs see this inglorious episode as a symptom of government by focus group.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is another inglorious episode, but the move was so ill-judged that it feels like abandoning it is an exercise in damage limitation.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
(adjective) 
Definition
dishonourable or shameful
He wouldn't have accepted such an inglorious outcome.
Synonyms
disgraceful
I complained about his disgraceful behaviour.
dishonourable
He insisted he had done nothing dishonourable.
humiliating
failed
infamous
He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.
unsuccessful
shameful
It is a shameful state of affairs.
ignominious
Many thought that he was doomed to ignominious failure.
disreputable
the noisiest and most disreputable bars
ignoble
an ignoble episode from their country's past
discreditable
She had been suspended from her job for discreditable behaviour.
unheroic

Additional synonyms

in the sense of discreditable
She had been suspended from her job for discreditable behaviour.
Synonyms
disgraceful,
shameful,
improper,
scandalous,
humiliating,
infamous,
degrading,
unworthy,
reprehensible,
ignominious,
unprincipled,
dishonourable,
blameworthy
in the sense of dishonourable
He insisted he had done nothing dishonourable.
Synonyms
shameful,
base,
corrupt,
infamous,
disgraceful,
treacherous,
scandalous,
unscrupulous,
shameless,
despicable,
ignominious,
disreputable,
contemptible,
untrustworthy,
unprincipled,
ignoble,
not cricket (informal),
discreditable,
blackguardly
in the sense of disreputable
Definition
having or causing a bad reputation
the noisiest and most disreputable bars
Synonyms
discreditable,
mean,
low,
base,
shocking,
disorderly,
notorious,
vicious,
infamous,
disgraceful,
shameful,
vile,
shady (informal),
scandalous,
ignominious,
contemptible,
louche,
unprincipled,
dishonourable,
opprobrious

Nearby words of
inglorious

  • ingenuity
  • ingenuous
  • ingenuousness
  • inglorious
  • ingrain
  • ingrained
  • ingratiate

Synonyms of 'inglorious'

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