Thesaurus: inglorious

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1. a. Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease.
2. a. Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc.
3. adj. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
4. adj. not bringing honor and glory
5. 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.
6. j:100 a. not bringing honor and glory