Word Meanings - INGLORIOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease. Shak. My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life. Dryden. Some

Additional info about word: INGLORIOUS

1. Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease. Shak. My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life. Dryden. Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. Gray. 2. Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc. Inglorious shelter in an alien land. J. Philips.

Related words: (words related to INGLORIOUS)

• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• OBSCURENESS
  Obscurity. Bp. Hall.
• OBSCURER
  One who, or that which, obscures.
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• HUMBLE
  humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage, 1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage. THy humble nest built on the ground. Cowley. 2. Thinking
• SECURER
  One who, or that which, secures.
• SECURENESS
  The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.
• BRINGER
  One who brings. Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office. Shak. Bringer in, one who, or that which, introduces.
• HONOR
  1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence. A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. Matt. xiii.
• INGLORIOUSLY
  In an inglorious manner; dishonorably; with shame; ignominiously; obscurely.
• HONORARY
  1. Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services. Macaulay. 2. Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree. "Honorary arches." Addison. 3. Holding a title or place without rendering
• HUMBLER
  One who, or that which, humbles some one.
• INGLORIOUS
  1. Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease. Shak. My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life. Dryden. Some
• OBSCUREMENT
  The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration. Pomfret.
• GLORIOUS
  1. Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds. These are thy glorious works, Parent of good ! Milton. 2. Eager for
• SECURELY
  In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely. His daring foe . . . securely him defied. Milton.
• DESIREFUL
  Filled with desire; eager. The desireful troops. Godfrey .
• DESIRE
  sidus star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the 1. To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet. Neither shall any man desire thy land. Ex. xxxiv. 24. Ye desire your child to live. Tennyson. 2. To express a wish
• HUMBLEHEAD
  Humble condition or estate; humility. Chaucer.
• CELEBRITY
  1. Celebration; solemnization. The celebrity of the marriage. Bacon. 2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington. An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy. Whewell. 3. A person of
• SUBOBSCURELY
  Somewhat obscurely or darkly. Donne.
• THUMBLESS
  Without a thumb. Darwin.
• UNGLORIOUS
  Inglorious. Wyclif.
• SELF-GLORIOUS
  Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful. Dryden.
• DISHONOR
  The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn. Syn. -- Disgrace; ignominy; shame; censure; reproach; opprobrium. (more info) deshonur, F. déshonneur; pref. des- + honor, honur, F. 1. Lack of honor;
• ASSECURE
  To make sure or safe; to assure. Hooker.
• COUNTERSECURE
  To give additional security to or for. Burke.
• VAINGLORY
  Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness. He had nothing of vainglory. Bacon. The man's undone forever; for if Hector break not his neck i' the combat, he'll break't himself