Synonyms for inglorious
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Ignominious — ignominious; disgraceful
ignominious, shameful, disgraceful, ignoble, dishonorable US, dishonourable UK, disreputable, sordid, low, infamous, vile, mean, scandalous, shabby, black, punk, discreditable, opprobrious, scornworthy, wretched, contemptible, pitiful, abject
2. Obscure — not famous; obscure
obscure, unsung, undistinguished, nameless, unknown, un-noticed, unnoted, unhonored US, unhonoured UK, unrenowned, unglorified, ungloriful, unfamous, gloriless, ungloried, unreputed, unglorious, renownless dated, fameless dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Ignominious; disgraceful.
- adj. 2
Not famous; obscure.
Related words
- Word family
- ingloriously ingloriousness
Example sentences
- shameful The love that I suffer from is a shameful disease.
- disgraceful They abandoned us in the most disgraceful manner.
- ignominious Tom's ignominious behavior is a disgrace to all of us.
- ignoble Jealousy is, to me, the most ignoble human feeling there is.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| inglorious | steady | |
| shameful | rising | |
| disgraceful | steady | |
| ignominious | steady | |
| ignoble | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1
- 4 letters
- mean1, punk1, vile1
- 5 letters
- black1
- 6 letters
- shabby2, sordid2, abject2, unsung2
- 7 letters
- unknown2, obscure2, pitiful3, ignoble3, unnoted
- 8 letters
- infamous3, shameful2, wretched2, nameless2, unfamous, fameless
- 9 letters
- unhonored, gloriless, ungloried, unreputed
- 10 letters
- scandalous3, unhonoured, unrenowned, ungloriful, unglorious, renownless
- 11 letters
- disgraceful3, ignominious5, opprobrious, scornworthy, unglorified
- 12 letters
- dishonorable5, disreputable5, contemptible4
- 13 letters
- dishonourable, discreditable
- 15 letters
- undistinguished4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shabby2 = 2 syllables).