Crossword clues for inglorious
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inglorious \In*glo"ri*ous\, a. [L. inglorious; pref. in- not + gloria glory, fame: cf. F. inglorieux. See Glory.]
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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.
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Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc.
Inglorious shelter in an alien land.
--J. Philips.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. ignominious; disgraceful; not famous; obscure.
WordNet
adj. (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]
not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest" [syn: dishonorable] [ant: glorious]
Wikipedia
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Usage examples of "inglorious".
Miss Farrell was not herself an aficionada of blood sports, but still it seemed an inglorious bag.
Women, children, and sick must all travel by these trains and are exposed to a common danger, while the assailants enjoy a safety which renders their exploit a peculiarly inglorious one.
The same part of the book describes his exploits in the Civil War, which were distinctly inglorious.
That dull, inglorious empire had antedated or outlived Venice and Genoa, Florence and Siena, the England of Cromwell, the Holland of the Stadtholders, and the France of many revolutions, and all the fleeting democracies which sprang from these.
Finally, to do what is necessary and yet most difficult for men in our situation that is, to make an end of speaking, since with that ending the peril of our lives draws near in conclusion we say that we did not surrender our city to the Thebans (to that we would have preferred inglorious starvation), but trusted in and capitulated to you.
Once or twice before, he'd come to her aid when a dissatisfied customer complained too loudly or tried to take back payment for an inglorious fortune.
In the aftermath of still further defeat in New York--at White Plains, and Fort Washington--the general had beat an inglorious retreat south through New Jersey to the Delaware, his army dwindling to less than 4,000 men, many of whom were without shoes and so thinly clad as to be unfit for service.
The boy larfed and put the shillin I'd given him onto his left eye in a inglorious manner, and commenced moving backwards towards the street.
The conqueror of Italy retired with a sigh, and continued to languish, inglorious and inactive, till Antonina, who had been sent to Constantinople to solicit succors, obtained, after the death of the empress, the permission of his return.