inglorious
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inglorious
- /ɪnˈɡlɔɹi.əs/
- /ɪnˈɡloʊɹi.əs/
Rhymes with -ɔːɹiəs
Where it comes from
From Latin inglōriōsus. By surface analysis, in- + glorious.
adjective more inglorious · most inglorious
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Ignominious; disgraceful.
Oh inglorious league: / Shall we vpon the footing of our land, / Send fayre-play-orders, and make comprimiſe, / Inſinuation, parley, and baſe truce / To Armes Inuaſiue?
Similar: scornworthy, shameful, vile, abject, filthy, base, beggarly, blameworthy, carrion, cheap, choical, contemptible · Opposite: glorious, admirable, allowable, commendable, creditable, estimable, honorable, laudable, praiseworthy, respectable, reverable, reverend
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Not famous; obscure.
Great Julius [Caesar], whom now all the world admires / The more he grew in years, the more inflam’d / With glory, wept that he had liv’d ſo long / Inglorious: but thou yet art not too late.
Similar: gloriless, ungloried, unsung, fameless, inglorious, nameless, nonfamous, obscure, renownless, unfamous, unhonored, unglorified · Opposite: glorious, bait, fabled, famed, famous, famoused, iconic, irrecondite, known, legendary, mere, notable
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adj ignominious, disgraceful
| Español | inglorioso |
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| Français | inglorieux |
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