inglorious

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; - Rachel Carson
adjective not bringing honor and glory

From Latin inglōriōsus. By surface analysis, in- + glorious.

“Inglorious sons of an unhappy sire! — The Iliad, Homer
These Mute inglorious Miltons are divine! — The Book of Ballads: Eleventh Edition, 1870, Theodore, Sir Martin
This was the inglorious end of the river. — A pair of blue eyes, Thomas Hardy

black, disgraceful, ignominious, opprobrious, shameful

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