inglorious

/ɪnˈɡlɔriəs/

Something inglorious is shameful or disgraceful. An inglorious end to a politician's career might include evidence that he bought people's votes and lied about his educational background.

You could call World War II a generally inglorious period in Germany's history, or talk about a southern US city with an inglorious record of bias against African Americans. And if your favorite basketball team loses every game, they have an inglorious season. Inglorious adds the "not" prefix in- to glorious, from its Latin root gloriosus, "full of glory" or "famous."

Definitions of inglorious

1. adjective

   (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
   “inglorious defeat”

   synonyms: disgraceful, ignominious, opprobrious, shameful

   dishonorable, dishonourable

   lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor
2. adjective

   not bringing honor and glory
   “some mute inglorious Milton here may rest”

   synonyms:

   obscure, unknown, unsung

   not famous or acclaimed

   dishonorable, dishonourable

   lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor

   unknown

   not known

   antonyms:

   glorious

   having or deserving or conferring glory

   bright

   splendid

   celebrated, historied, storied

   having an illustrious past

   divine, elysian, inspired

   being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods

   empyreal, empyrean, sublime

   inspiring awe

   illustrious

   having or conferring glory

   incandescent

   characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance

   lustrous

   brilliant

   known

   apprehended with certainty