Synonyms for inglorious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-glawr-ee-uhs, -glohr-

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈglɔr i əs, -ˈgloʊr-

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Définition of inglorious

Origin : 1570s, from Latin ingloriosus, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + gloriosus (see glorious). Related: Ingloriously; ingloriousness.

adj disgraceful

Example sentences :

Physical love is only inglorious when it is regarded ingloriously.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

But outside, and against assaults that were inglorious, what protection had she?
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

She had come to as inglorious an end as her victim, the Pegasus.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various

The peaceful path in life was, then, in her estimate, the inglorious one.
Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever

They are weary of their monotonous, inactive, inglorious life.
Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver

No policy was too inglorious that enabled them to avoid the need of war.
Extract from : « History of the English People, Volume III (of 8) » by John Richard Green

Equally harmless and inglorious was the catastrophe of Susy and her friend.
Extract from : « Susy, A Story of the Plains » by Bret Harte

The last act of the drama was so inglorious that I am almost ashamed to tell it.
Extract from : « Forest Neighbors » by William Davenport Hulbert

Let not the sun look down and say, "Inglorious here he lies!"
Extract from : « One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed » by C. A. Bogardus

There may be mute, inglorious Miltons, but Art struggles for expression.
Extract from : « Old Ebenezer » by Opie Read

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