(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\\\"
\\\"an ignominious retreat\\\"
\\\"inglorious defeat\\\"
\\\"an opprobrious monument to human greed\\\"
\\\"a shameful display of cowardice\\\"
not bringing honor and glory;
\\\"some mute inglorious Milton here may rest\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
He will never forget that inglorious flight when he was in the army. 他永遠也不會忘記他當兵時的一次不名譽的逃亡。
The invasion of Iraq was controversial and its occupation inglorious. 入侵伊拉克充滿爭議，對其占領更是不光彩。
常用短語
It involved the country in an inglorious, unprofitable, and interminable war.