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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
derogatory, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, homely, humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest, ignoble, ignominious, ignotus, infamous, innocuous, least, little known, low, lowest, lowliest, lowly, mean, modest, nameless, no credit to, notorious, obscure, plain, poor, renownless, seamy, shabby, shady, shameful, shoddy, simple, small, sordid, teachable, uncelebrated, undistinguished, unfamed, unglorified, unheard-of, unhonored, unimportant, unknown, unnotable, unnoted, unnoticed, unpopular, unpraiseworthy, unpretentious, unremarked, unrenowned, unrespectable, unsavory, unsung
Dictionary Results for inglorious:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
inglorious
    adj 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"- Rachel
           Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat";
           "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful
           display of cowardice" [syn: black, disgraceful,
           ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful]
    2: not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton
       here may rest" [ant: glorious]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Inglorious \In*glo"ri*ous\, a. [L. inglorious; pref. in- not +
   gloria glory, fame: cf. F. inglorieux. See Glory.]
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   1. Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied
      with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an
      inglorious life of ease. --Shak.
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            My next desire is, void of care and strife,
            To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life. --Dryden.
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            Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. --Gray.
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   2. Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight,
      defeat, etc.
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            Inglorious shelter in an alien land.  --J. Philips.
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