inglorious
adjective
[ ɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəs ]
• (of an action or situation) causing shame or a loss of honour.
• "an inglorious episode in British imperial history"
Similar:
shameful,
dishonourable,
ignominious,
discreditable,
disgraceful,
humiliating,
mortifying,
demeaning,
shaming,
ignoble,
abject,
unheroic,
undignified,
wretched,
shabby,
scandalous,
shocking,
• not famous or renowned.
• "inglorious though the peasants may have been, this is not synonymous with mute"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin inglorius (from in- (expressing negation) + gloria ‘glory’) + -ous.
