Associations to the word «Inglorious»
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Wiktionary
INGLORIOUS, adjective. Ignominious; disgraceful; not famous; obscure.
Dictionary definition
INGLORIOUS, adjective. (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".
INGLORIOUS, adjective. Not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.