inglorious

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame (Freq. 1)
- "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
• Similar to:
dishonorable, dishonourable
• Derivationally related forms:
shamefulness (for: shameful), opprobrium (for: opprobrious), ignominy (for: ignominious), ignominiousness (for: ignominious), disgracefulness (for: disgraceful)
2. not bringing honor and glory
- some mute inglorious Milton here may rest
• Ant:
glorious
• Similar to:
obscure, unknown, unsung
• See Also:
dishonorable, dishonourable, unknown

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  black, disgraceful, ignominious, opprobrious, shameful