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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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