Origin: Latin
suffix -ous
Inglorious has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
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"
"an ignominious retreat"
"inglorious defeat"
"an opprobrious monument to human greed"
"a shameful display of cowardice"
2
not bringing honor and glory
"some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"
3
Ignominious; disgraceful.
Example Sentences
"Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"
adjective
"an ignominious retreat"
adjective
"inglorious defeat"
adjective
"an opprobrious monument to human greed"
adjective
"a shameful display of cowardice"
adjective
"some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"
adjective